cheesing
- 1Present participle and gerund of cheese.
Speedrunners often win by cheesing the final boss with a single exploit.
The toddler wouldn't stop cheesing every time someone pointed a phone at him.
Note
The -ing form carries every meaning of cheese, from the cheesemaker's work on curds to slang and gamer talk. The final e drops before -ing, as in please and pleasing. When it means irritating someone, it needs off: something is cheesing you off. Gamers use it with or without an object, as in cheesing a boss or simply cheesing, for winning by an unsporting trick.
That constant beeping is really cheesing me off.
Stop cheesing and fight the boss properly.
cheesing is a form of cheese
cheese, verb: To smile broadly or excessively, as one does for a camera. Full entry
- Spelling
- cheese → cheesing: drop the e, add -ing
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