Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cheese-eating

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.39 in modern English

Syllables: cheese-eat-ing
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of cheese eating.

Uncountable

adj

Superior and self-satisfied.

Informal

Example Sentences

"To report these unsavory and totally lost creatures is of course a violation of the rigid convict code, and is called “ratting” or “cheese-eating.""
"He is, in patrolman's parlance, a cheese-eating rat."
"They loved to throw around the fact that they had a ninety percent plus conviction rate, but failed to mention that they wouldn't know jackshit if it wasn't for cowardly, cheese-eating rats telling on anybody to save their own ass."
""You nailed him,” Sean says with a cheese-eating grin"
"Once he finally stopped and stood still at the bottom of the bed, he looked over to find a big ole cheese-eating grin on his mother's face."
"As I watched, Stephen glanced over at him, and Zach gave Stephen a big cheese-eating grin."

Usage

Inflected Forms

more cheese-eating (comparative) most cheese-eating (superlative)

Phrases

cheese-eating surrender monkey

Questions

What does cheese-eating mean?: Alternative form of cheese eating.

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