TONGUE IN CHEEK

Meaning of TONGUE IN CHEEK in English

fooling, joking, kid ding

Most of what Bob said was tongue in cheek. He was joking.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 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 — tongue-in-cheek BrE AmE ˌtʌŋ ɪn ˈtʃiːk ◂ § \ ˌtɒŋ-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
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 — 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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