Word.ws English Dictionary

cut the cheese

cut the cheese verb: to fart loudly.

Verb

cut the cheese (third-person singular simple present cuts the cheese, present participle cutting the cheese, simple past and past participle cut the cheese)

  1. (Canada, US, euphemistic, idiomatic, slang) To fart loudly.
    • I cannot believe that you cut the cheese at the dinner table!
    • You know, did you cut some cheese? Did you fart?1991, Hal Shymkus, Nightcrawlers, Bait, and Beer to Go, page 82
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cut, cheese.

Synonyms of cut the cheese

Forms of cut the cheese

third-person singular presentcuts the cheese
present participlecutting the cheese
past participlecut the cheese
pastcut the cheese

Origin of cut the cheese

This idiom references the foul smell emitted by some cheeses, many of which have a rind that keeps the odor in. Once the rind is pierced, as in the case of slicing it, the smell is released.

Questions about cut the cheese

What does cut the cheese mean?
Cut the cheese means to fart loudly.
What part of speech is cut the cheese?
Cut the cheese is a verb.
What is the past tense of cut the cheese?
The past tense of cut the cheese is cut the cheese.

Words near cut the cheese in the dictionary

  1. cut splices
  2. cut stick
  3. cut swathes
  4. cut the baby in half
  5. cut the bullshit
  6. cut the cheese
  7. cut the coat according to the cloth
  8. cut the cord
  9. cut the crap
  10. cut the fool
  11. cut the Gordian knot

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: cut the cheese (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: en-au-cut the cheese.ogg.

Cite this entry: “cut the cheese.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/cut_the_cheese. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.