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cheddar en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈt͡ʃɛdə(ɹ)/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Cheddar cheese. The slang use meaning "money, currency" may be derived from association with cheese (“wealth”), probably from Persian چیز (čiz, “thing”).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A cheese styled after the Cheddar cheese made in Cheddar.
2. (countable, slang, uncountable) Money, cash, currency.
   • Touch my cheddar, feel my Beretta. 1996, Junior M.A.F.I.A., Get Money:

Forms

Deriveds

cheddarella · cheddary · cheddaring · stiff cheddar · cheddarlike

Translations (16)

fi cheddar (cheese) · gl cheddar (cheese) · pt cheddar (cheese) · ru чеддер (cheese) · ar شِيدَر (cheese) · fr cheddar (cheese) · tr çedar (cheese) · arz شيدر (cheese) · de Cheddar (cheese) · pl cheddar (cheese) · mk че́дар (cheese) · ga céadar (cheese) · hi चेडर (cheese) · fi cheddarjuusto (cheese) · ko 체다 치즈 (cheese) · cs čedar (cheese)

cheddar en · VERB

Pronunciation

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• /ˈt͡ʃɛdə(ɹ)/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Cheddar cheese. The slang use meaning "money, currency" may be derived from association with cheese (“wealth”), probably from Persian چیز (čiz, “thing”).

Meanings

1. (transitive) To cut and press cheese so as to remove the whey and leave drier curds.

Forms