cheese

Noun

cheese noun

1. A dairy product made from curdled or cultured milk.
2. Any particular variety of cheese.
3. A piece of cheese, especially one moulded into a large round shape during manufacture.
4. That which is melodramatic, overly emotional, or cliché, i.e. cheesy.

cheese noun

1. Wealth, fame, excellence, importance.
2. (British India) The correct thing, of excellent quality; the ticket.

Verb

cheese verb

1. To prepare curds for making cheese.
2. To make holes in a pattern of circuitry to decrease pattern density.
3. To smile excessively, as for a camera.

cheese verb

1. To stop; to refrain from.“Cheese it, the cops!”
2. To anger or irritate someone, usually in combination with "off".“All this waiting around is really cheesing me off.”

cheese verb

1. To use an unsporting tactic; to repeatedly use an attack which is overpowered or difficult to counter.“You can cheese most of the game using certain exploits.”
2. To use an unconventional, all-in strategy to take one's opponent by surprise early in the game (especially for real-time strategy games).

Interjection

cheese interjection

1. Said while being photographed, to give the impression of smiling.“Say "cheese"! ... and there we are!”