"cheeseball" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more cheeseball [comparative], most cheeseball [superlative]
Etymology: cheese + ball Etymology templates: {{compound|en|cheese|ball}} cheese + ball Head templates: {{en-adj}} cheeseball (comparative more cheeseball, superlative most cheeseball)
  1. (derogatory, slang) Cheesy, lacking taste or style. Tags: derogatory, slang
    Sense id: en-cheeseball-en-adj-H9SZoNQa

Noun

Forms: cheeseballs [plural]
Etymology: cheese + ball Etymology templates: {{compound|en|cheese|ball}} cheese + ball Head templates: {{en-noun}} cheeseball (plural cheeseballs)
  1. A spherical mass of cheese or cream cheese, often including nuts or other additions and served as an hors d'oeuvre or finger food, usually with bread or crackers. Categories (topical): Cheeses, Foods
    Sense id: en-cheeseball-en-noun-w-r0WJpR Disambiguation of Cheeses: 16 69 2 13 Disambiguation of Foods: 19 62 1 17 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 93 1 3 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 3 93 1 2
  2. The tree Glochidion ferdinandi.
    Sense id: en-cheeseball-en-noun-q6iuuaOx
  3. (derogatory, slang) Someone cheesy, lacking taste or style. Tags: derogatory, slang
    Sense id: en-cheeseball-en-noun-zhBu6dOE

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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