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 wit.
—tongue-in-cheek adverb :
I think he was talking 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 wit.
—tongue-in-cheek adverb :
I think he was talking tongue-in-cheek.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012