Cheese
WordNet
noun
(1) A solid food prepared from the pressed curd of milk
(2) Erect or decumbent Old World perennial with axillary clusters of rosy-purple flowers; introduced in United States
verb
(3) Wind onto a cheese
"Cheese the yarn"
(4) Used in the imperative (get away, or stop it)
"Cheese it!"
WiktionaryText
Etymology 1
, , from , from . Cognate with West Frisian , Dutch , German .
Noun
- A dairy product made from curdled or cultured milk.
- Any particular variety of cheese.
- That which is melodramatic, overly emotional, or clichéd, i.e. cheesy.
- money
- A fastball.
- A dangerous mixture of black tar heroin and crushed Tylenol PM tablets. The resulting powder resembles grated cheese and is snorted. See Cheese (recreational drug).
Verb
- To stop; to refrain from.
- To anger someone, usually with off.