I. ˈchēz noun
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English chese, from Old English cēse, from Latin caseus cheese
Date: before 12th century
1.
a. : a food consisting of the coagulated, compressed, and usually ripened curd of milk separated from the whey
b. : an often cylindrical cake of this food
2. : something resembling cheese in shape or consistency
3. : something cheap or shabby : cheesy material
cinematic cheese
II. transitive verb
( cheesed ; chees·ing )
Etymology: origin unknown
Date: circa 1811
: to put an end to : stop
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- cheese it
III. noun
Etymology: perhaps from Hindi cīz & Urdu chīz thing, from Persian chīz
Date: 1920
slang : someone important