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cheese up

cheese up verb: to add cheese to; make cheesy or cheesier.

Verb

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

  1. (slang, transitive) To add cheese to; make cheesy or cheesier.
    • "No, just get over here. You need to try this one!" she exclaimed as she cheesed up a chunk of bread with one of our blues. Angeline stuffed the open faced mini-sandwich into my mouth […]2005, J. B. Dann, Anecdotal, page 233
  2. (figuratively, intransitive, slang) To smile widely; to crack a huge grin.
    • I cheesed up at his perfect fucking face.2022, Emilia Rose, Indulge Me

Forms of cheese up

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

Origin of cheese up

From cheese + up.

Questions about cheese up

What does cheese up mean?
Cheese up means to add cheese to; make cheesy or cheesier.
What part of speech is cheese up?
Cheese up is a verb.
What is the past tense of cheese up?
The past tense of cheese up is cheesed up.

Words near cheese up in the dictionary

  1. cheese teas
  2. cheese toastie
  3. cheese toasties
  4. cheese trier
  5. cheese triers
  6. cheese up
  7. Cheese Week
  8. cheese wiener
  9. cheese wieners
  10. cheese wire
  11. cheese wires

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