TONGUE-IN-CHEEK

Meaning of TONGUE-IN-CHEEK in English

tongue-in-cheek BrE AmE ˌtʌŋ ɪn ˈtʃiːk ◂ § \ ˌtɒŋ-

Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary. Английский словарь произношений Longman. 2012

TONGUE IN CHEEK — adverb Date: circa 1934 with insincerity, irony, or whimsical exaggeration
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TONGUE-IN-CHEEK — adjective Date: 1933 characterized by insincerity, irony, or whimsical exaggeration
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TONGUE-IN-CHEEK — ¦ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ¦ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: tongue in cheek a manner or attitude of insincerity, irony, or whimsical exaggeration especially for …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TONGUE IN CHEEK — adverb (or adjective) : with insincerity, irony, or whimsical exaggeration
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TONGUE IN CHEEK — mockingly, tauntingly
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
TONGUE IN CHEEK — Date: circa 1934 : with insincerity, irony, or whimsical exaggeration
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TONGUE-IN-CHEEK — Date: 1933 : characterized by insincerity, irony, or whimsical exaggeration
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TONGUE-IN-CHEEK — Function: adjective Date: 1933 : characterized by insincerity, irony, or whimsical exaggeration
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
TONGUE IN CHEEK — Function: adverb Date: circa 1934 : with insincerity, irony, or whimsical exaggeration
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
TONGUE-IN-CHEEK — ■ adjective & adverb in an ironic or insincere way.
Concise Oxford English vocab
TONGUE-IN-CHEEK — [tongue-in-cheek] adj (1933): characterized by insincerity, irony, or whimsical exaggeration
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TONGUE IN CHEEK — [tongue in cheek] adv (ca. 1934): with insincerity, irony, or whimsical exaggeration
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TONGUE-IN-CHEEK — adjective not intended seriously; done or said as a joke : a tongue-in-cheek remark ► ˌtongue-in-ˈcheek adverb : The offer …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TONGUE-IN-CHEEK — ˌtongue-in-ˈcheek BrE AmE adjective a tongue-in-cheek remark is said as a joke, not seriously: I love that kind of tongue-in-cheek …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TONGUE-IN-CHEEK — see tongue
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TONGUE-IN-CHEEK — see tongue
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
TONGUE-IN-CHEEK — adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ a tongue-in-cheek rock video EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ It is the trick of the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TONGUE IN CHEEK — Synonyms and related words : casuistic, casuistry, crossed fingers, dishonest, disingenuous, disingenuousness, emptiness, empty, hollow, hollow mockery, hollowness, insincere, insincerity, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
TONGUE-IN-CHEEK — {adj. phr.} In an ironic or insincere manner. * /When the faculty complained about the poor salary increments, the university's …
Slang English vocab
TONGUE-IN-CHEEK — adj.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
TONGUE-IN-CHEEK — adj. Tongue-in-cheek is used with these nouns: ↑ humour
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
TONGUE-IN-CHEEK — See ↑ JOKE 6
Longman Activator English vocab
TONGUE-IN-CHEEK — {adj. phr.} In an ironic or insincere manner. * /When the faculty complained about the poor salary increments, the university's …
Словарь английских идиом
TONGUE IN CHEEK — fooling, joking, kidding Most of what Bob said was tongue in cheek. He was joking.
English Idioms vocab
TONGUE IN CHEEK — fooling, joking, kid ding Most of what Bob said was tongue in cheek. He was joking.
English Idioms vocabulary
TONGUE-IN-CHEEK — adj. phr. In an ironic or insincere manner. When the faculty complained about the poor salary increments, the university's president …
American Idioms English vocabulary
TONGUE-IN-CHEEK — прил. неискренний; насмешливый Syn : insincere лукавый, насмешливо-иронический; издевательский - * seriousness ироническая серьезность - * candour напускная откровенность tongue-in-cheek …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TONGUE-IN-CHEEK — Неискренний
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
TONGUE-IN-CHEEK — Неискренен
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
TONGUE-IN-CHEEK — a лукавый, насмешливо-иронический; издевательский tongue-in-cheek seriousness - ироническая серьёзность tongue-in-cheek candour - напускная откровенность
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
TONGUE-IN-CHEEK — прил.иронический, насмешливый, лукавый Syn:ironic, humorous
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
TONGUE IN CHEEK — (a) издевательский; лукавый; насмешливо-иронический
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
TONGUE-IN-CHEEK — a лукавый, насмешливо-иронический; издевательский ~ seriousness - ироническая серьёзность ~ candour - напускная откровенность
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
TONGUE-IN-CHEEK — a лукавый, насмешливо-иронический; издевательский tongue-in-cheek seriousness - ироническая серьёзность tongue-in-cheek candour - напускная откровенность
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
TONGUE IN CHEEK — неискренний, насмешливый
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
TONGUE IN CHEEK — неискренний, насмешливый
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
TONGUE-IN-CHEEK — прил. иронический, насмешливый, лукавый Syn: ironic , humorous
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
TONGUE-IN-CHEEK — прил. иронический, насмешливый, лукавый Syn: ironic, humorous
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
TONGUE-IN-CHEEK — _a. неискренний; насмешливый; tongue-in-cheek candour - напускная откровенность
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
TONGUE-IN-CHEEK — a. неискренний; насмешливый; tongue-in-cheek candour - напускная откровенность
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
TONGUE-IN-CHEEK — _a. неискренний; насмешливый; tongue-in-cheek candour напускная откровенность
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
TONGUE IN CHEEK — * with tongue in cheek иронически; в шутку; несерьезно; дурачась
Англо-Русский словарь английских идиом
TONGUE-IN-CHEEK — прил. неискренний; насмешливый Syn : insincere лукавый, насмешливо-иронический; издевательский - * seriousness ироническая серьезность - * candour напускная откровенность tongue-in-cheek …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
TONGUE — Muscular organ on the floor of the mouth . It is important in motions of eating, drinking, and swallowing, and …
Английский словарь Британика
TONGUE — I. ˈtəŋ noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English tunge, from Old English; akin to Old High …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
IN — I. (|)in, ən; usu ə n after t, d, s, or z as in “split in two”, often ə m …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CHEEK — I. ˈchēk noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English cheke jawbone, cheek, from Old English cēace; akin to Old Frisian …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CHEEK — (n.) The cheek bone.
Английский словарь Webster
CHEEK — ( n. ) The cheek bone.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TONGUE — — tongueless , adj. — tonguelike , adj. /tung/ , n. , v. tongued, tonguing . n. 1. Anat. the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CHEEK — — cheekless , adj. /cheek/ , n. 1. either side of the face below the eye and above the jaw. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TONGUE — I. ˈtəŋ noun Etymology: Middle English tunge, from Old English; akin to Old High German zunga tongue, Latin lingua Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CHEEK — I. ˈchēk noun Etymology: Middle English cheke, from Old English cēace; akin to Middle Low German kāke jawbone Date: before …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TONGUE — noun any small sole. 2. tongue ·noun the clapper of a bell. 3. tongue ·noun ·same·as reed, ·noun, 5. 4. …
Webster English vocab
CHEEK — noun the cheek bone. 2. cheek ·noun the branches of a bridle bit. 3. cheek ·vt to be impudent or …
Webster English vocab
TONGUE — [tongue] n [ME tunge, fr. OE; akin to OHG zunga tongue, L lingua] (bef. 12c) 1 a: a fleshy movable …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CHEEK — [cheek] n [ME cheke, fr. OE ceace; akin to MLG kake jawbone] (bef. 12c) 1: the fleshy side of the …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TONGUE — in most vertebrates, an organ, capable of various muscular movements, located on the floor of the mouth. In some animals …
Britannica English vocabulary
CHEEK — cheek, Cheek BrE AmE tʃiːk ▷ cheeked tʃiːkt ▷ cheeking ˈtʃiːk ɪŋ ▷ cheeks tʃiːks
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TONGUE — / tʌŋ; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C ] the soft part in the mouth that …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CHEEK — / tʃiːk; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C ] either side of the face below the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TONGUE — I. tongue 1 S3 W3 /tʌŋ/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: tunge ] 1 . MOUTH …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CHEEK — I. cheek 1 W3 /tʃiːk/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: ceace ] 1 . [countable] the …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TONGUE — n. & v. --n. 1 the fleshy muscular organ in the mouth used in tasting, licking, and swallowing, and (in …
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