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cheese out

cheese out verb: to make (something) cheesy (overdramatic, trite); to make (something) less cool, especially by making it more mainstream.

Verb

cheese out (third-person singular simple present cheeses out, present participle cheesing out, simple past and past participle cheesed out)

  1. (transitive) To make (something) cheesy (overdramatic, trite); to make (something) less cool, especially by making it more mainstream.
  2. (intransitive) To be smiling or laughing excessively or remarkably, usually as a result of smoking cannabis.
  3. (intransitive) To chicken out; to lose one's nerve and therefore not participate in something.

Forms of cheese out

third-person singular presentcheeses out
present participlecheesing out
past participlecheesed out
pastcheesed out

Questions about cheese out

What does cheese out mean?
Cheese out means to make (something) cheesy (overdramatic, trite); to make (something) less cool, especially by making it more mainstream.
What part of speech is cheese out?
Cheese out is a verb.
What is the past tense of cheese out?
The past tense of cheese out is cheesed out.

Words near cheese out in the dictionary

  1. cheese mites
  2. cheese monkey
  3. cheese monkeys
  4. cheese off
  5. cheese on toast
  6. cheese out
  7. cheese paper
  8. cheese pizza
  9. cheese pizzas
  10. cheese puff
  11. cheese puffs

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