"Swiss cheese" meaning in English

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Noun

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  1. (informal) Synonym of Emmentaler, a Swiss cheese with many holes Tags: informal, uncountable Categories (topical): Cheeses Categories (place): Switzerland Synonyms: Emmentaler [synonym, synonym-of] Derived forms: Swiss-cheesed
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  2. (colloquial) By extension, any cheese which resembles Emmentaler, especially ones with holes. Tags: colloquial, uncountable Translations (cheese with holes): جبنة سويسرية (Arabic), 瑞士起司 (Ruìshì qǐsī) (Chinese Mandarin), 瑞士奶酪 (Ruìshì nǎilào) (Chinese Mandarin), schweizerost [common-gender] (Danish), Zwitserse kaas (Dutch), emmentaljuusto (Finnish), შვეიცარიული ყველი (šveicariuli q̇veli) (Georgian), schweizer Käse (German), ελβετικό τυρί (elvetikó tyrí) [neuter] (Greek), waiūpaʻa Kuikilani (Hawaiian), स्विस पनीर (svis panīr) [masculine] (Hindi), cáis Eilvéiseach [feminine] (Irish), sveitserost [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), sveitserost [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ser szwajcarski [masculine] (Polish), queijo suíço [masculine] (Portuguese), șvaițer [neuter] (Romanian), швейцарский сыр (švejcarskij syr) [masculine] (Russian), queso suizo [masculine] (Spanish), schweizerost [common-gender] (Swedish), שווייצער קעז (shveytser kez) [masculine] (Yiddish)
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  3. (figurative, colloquial) Something that is full of holes or vulnerabilities. Tags: colloquial, figuratively, uncountable
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Verb

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  1. (transitive, slang, African-American Vernacular, usually passive voice) To murder (someone) by shooting them full of holes; to shoot (someone) many times. Tags: slang, transitive
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        "Synonym of Emmentaler, a Swiss cheese with many holes"
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        "(informal) Synonym of Emmentaler, a Swiss cheese with many holes"
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        "By extension, any cheese which resembles Emmentaler, especially ones with holes."
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        "(colloquial) By extension, any cheese which resembles Emmentaler, especially ones with holes."
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          "ref": "1999, Mark Fisch, Criminology, 1999-2000, page 103:",
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          "ref": "2004, InfoWorld, volume 26, number 13, page 26:",
          "text": "[…] surprise and frustration when systems ultimately decay into a block of security Swiss cheese.",
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        "Something that is full of holes or vulnerabilities."
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        "(figurative, colloquial) Something that is full of holes or vulnerabilities."
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      "sense": "cheese with holes",
      "word": "جبنة سويسرية"
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      "roman": "Ruìshì qǐsī",
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      "roman": "Ruìshì nǎilào",
      "sense": "cheese with holes",
      "word": "瑞士奶酪"
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      "lang": "Georgian",
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      "sense": "cheese with holes",
      "word": "შვეიცარიული ყველი"
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "cheese with holes",
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      "code": "haw",
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      "sense": "cheese with holes",
      "word": "waiūpaʻa Kuikilani"
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      "sense": "cheese with holes",
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      "sense": "cheese with holes",
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      "sense": "cheese with holes",
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      "sense": "cheese with holes",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "cheese with holes",
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        "masculine"
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      "lang": "Swedish",
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      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "shveytser kez",
      "sense": "cheese with holes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "שווייצער קעז"
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        "To murder (someone) by shooting them full of holes; to shoot (someone) many times."
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