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cheeseball en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Etymology

From cheese + ball.

Meanings

  1. (derogatory, slang) Cheesy, lacking taste or style.
    • I want to watch me some Manimal. A guy that can turn into animals, that's so cheeseball. 2015, Beast Boy, “Oil Drums”, in Teen Titans Go!:

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cheeseball en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

From cheese + ball.

Meanings

  1. A spherical mass of cheese or cream cheese, often including nuts or other additions and served as an hors d'oeuvre or finger food, usually with bread or crackers.
  2. The tree Glochidion ferdinandi.
  3. (derogatory, slang) Someone cheesy, lacking taste or style.

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