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cutting the cheese

cutting the cheese is the present participle and gerund of cut the cheese.

Meaning of cut the cheese

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!
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cut, cheese.

Questions about cutting the cheese

What is cutting the cheese the present participle and gerund of?
Cutting the cheese is the present participle and gerund of cut the cheese.

Words near cutting the cheese in the dictionary

  1. cutting someone's comb
  2. cutting someone's throat
  3. cutting swathes
  4. cutting the baby in half
  5. cutting the bullshit
  6. cutting the cheese
  7. cutting the coat according to the cloth
  8. cutting the cord
  9. cutting the fool
  10. cutting the ground from under someone's feet
  11. cutting the knot

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