cheapskate | cheese! 130 cheapskate adjective miserly US, 1903 check this! listen to this! US, 1998 cheapy noun 8see: CHEAPIE check writer noun a criminal who passes bad cheques US, 1972 cheat verb 1 when bodybuilding, to use muscles other than those check you later; check ya later used as a farewell US, 1982 designed for use in a particular exercise US, 1984. 2 in the cheddar noun money US, 1998 entertainment industry, to move slightly to create a better camera angle US, 1991 cheeba; cheeb noun a potent marijuana, now a generic term US, 1989 cheater noun anything that makes a job easier, such as a short cheech noun a leader of an Italian-American criminal organisation length of pipe or anything else that is handy to slip over the US, 1977 handle of a wrench to increase leverage US, 1941 chee-chee; chi-chi noun a person of mixed European and Indian cheaterbug noun a person who cheats SINGAPORE, 2002 parentage; the English accent of Eurasians in India. Derives from Hindi chhi chhi (dirt, filth) INDIA, 1816 cheater five noun while surfing, the toes of one foot extended over the nose of the board only because the surfer has stretched his leg chee-chee; chi-chi adjective of mixed European and Asian parent- far forward US, 1965 age; used for describing the English accent of Eurasians in India. Derives from Hindi chhi chhi (dirt, filth) INDIA, 1781 cheaters noun 1 eye glasses US, 1908. 2 dark glasses US, 1938. 3 the eyes UK, 1977. 4 padding that enhances the apparent size of a female’s cheek noun 1 the buttock. Variants are ‘arse-cheek’, ‘ass-cheek’ and breasts US, 1972. 5 metal skis US, 1963. 6 in electric line work, channel ‘butt-cheek’. Usually in the plural UK, c.1600. 2 impudence; audacity; lock pliers US, 1980 effrontery UK, 1840. 3 a sexually loose female US, 1955 cheater’s bar noun an anti-cheating mechanism in a slot machine cheek verb to address someone with impudence UK, 1840 US, 1968 cheekiness noun effrontery; impudence UK, 1847 cheater slicks noun car tyres that are smooth but not quite cheek up verb to speak to someone with a decided lack of respect treadless US, 1970 BAHAMAS, 1982 cheat sheet noun 1 a written memory aid, usually but not always cheeky adjective impudent, insolent UK, 1859 clandestine US, 1957. 2 in casino gambling, a listing of the payoffs cheeky-arsed adjective impudent, insolent UK, 1972 for a particular ticket US, 1982 cheeky monkey noun an impudent person, often as a term of cheat spot noun an establishment that sells alcohol after closing address and semi-exclamatory. Popularised as a catchphrase by hours US, 1963 Comedian Al Read (1909–1987) in the late 1950s UK, 1959 cheat throat noun oral sex performed on a man in which the cheeky possum noun an impudent fellow, a cheeky boy AUSTRALIA, person doing the performing simulates taking the penis 1953 completely into their mouth without actually doing so. A play on DEEP THROAT, the real thing US, 1995 cheekywatter noun any alcoholic drink, especially when being dismissive of its intoxicating properties UK: SCOTLAND, 1996 che-che noun a light-skinned person; an unlikeable person SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS, 1996 cheeo noun marijuana seeds for chewing. Possibly from an exagger- ated pronunciation of ‘chew’ US, 1973 check noun agamblingtokenUS, 1974 cheep verb to betray someone, to inform upon someone US, 1903 check verb 1 to murder someone US, 1997. 2 to forget or ignore something, often deliberately. A variant is ‘check out’ UK, 1996. 3 to cheeper noun a police informer US, 1949 have an intimate relationship with someone. West Indian and UK cheer noun LSD. an abbreviation of BLUE CHEER UK, 1998 black youth usage UK, 1998. 4 as a prank, to pull down a friend’s cheerful giver noun the liver UK, 1961 bathing suit from behind US, 1997. < check hat to prepare to leave US, 1966. < check the cheese to watch girls as they walk by cheeri goodbye. An abbreviation of CHEERIO NEW ZEALAND, 1984 < US, 1959. check the dictionary to confirm vague or confusing cheeribye goodbye. A blend of CHEERIO and ‘goodbye’ UK, 1961 orders or directions. Vietnam war usage US, 1991. < check the oil cheerio adjective tipsy SOUTH AFRICA, 1946 level to pentrate a vagina with your finger CANADA, 2003. < check the war to stop arguing US, 1947. < check your nerves to stay cheerio; cheeri-ho; cheero goodbye UK, 1959 < calm US, 1947. check your six used as a warning to a pilot to cheers! 1 used as a drinking toast UK, 1959. 2 thank you. From the check behind his aircraft for enemy planes. Based on the clock drinking toast UK, 1976 configuration, with twelve o’clock being straight ahead and six cheer-up noun an anti-depressant tablet; an amphetamine or other o’clock straight behind US, 1991 central nervous system stimulant UK, 1999 checkbook; chequebook adjective characterised by a seemingly unlimited ability and will to pay for something. Applied most cheerybyes goodbye UK: SCOTLAND, 1988 commonly to journalism (paying for news), but also to enterprises cheese noun 1 smegma, matter secreted by the sebaceous gland such as baseball US, 1975 that collects between the glans penis and the foreskin or around check cop verb to use an adhesive placed on a cheater’s palm to the clitoris and labia minora. From the dull whitish colour of this steal chips while sliding a pile of chips in a poker game to the substance US, 1927. 2 in auto repair, a plastic body filler used to fill in dents on a car body, usually referring to Bondo Body Filler™ US, winner US, 1988 1992. 3 the wife. Short for CHEESE AND KISSES AUSTRALIA, 1919. 4 an check crew; check gang; check team noun a racially integrated attractive young woman US, 1959. 5 a wedge-shaped piece of work crew US, 1960 coloured plastic used in the board game Trivial Pursuit™ UK, 2002. checkerboard adjective racially integrated US, 1930 6 in pool, a situation where a player needs to make only one shot to win US, 1993. 7 money; a gambler’s bankroll. A locution check in verb 1 to place yourself in protective police custody US, 2001. popularised by Minnesota Fats, as in, ‘I never lost when we played 2 to be intitiated into a youth gang US, 1994 for the cheese’ US, 1985. 8 heroin UK, 2002. 9 freebase cocaine US, 1992. check out verb 1 to leave prison US, 1950. 2 to die. A euphemism not 10 an amphetamine user US, 1993. 11 money US, 2002. 12 nonsense without its black humour US, 1927. 3 to commit suicide while in US, 1989. 13 luck US, 1990. < piece of cheese in poker, a truly prison US, 1992 terrible hand US, 1982 checkout chick noun a woman who works at a shop checkout cheese verb 1 to leave US, 1955. 2 to smile. From the urging by AUSTRALIA, 1983 photographers that those having their picture taken say ‘cheese’ to form a smile US, 1986 check, please! used as a humorous suggestion that a conversation is at an end. Popularised by Keith Olberman on ESPN, used by cheese! spoken by the subject of a photograph in order to shape Woody Allen in Annie Hall and Catherine Keener in Being John the lips into a smile. Often heard in the photographer’s Malkovich US, 1971 injunction: ‘say cheese!’ UK, 1930 131 cheese and crackers | cherryberry cheese and crackers noun the testicles. Rhyming slang for flavoured snack food, punning on ‘cheesy’ (unfashionable) and KNACKERS UK, 1998 using RAVER (a party goer) UK, 2002 cheese and crackers! used as a non-profane oath. A euphemistic chellum noun a clay pipe for smoking marijuana SOUTH AFRICA, 2003 ‘Jesus Christ!’ US, 1924 Chelsea bun noun a son; the sun. Rhyming slang; a variation of cheese and kisses noun a wife. Rhyming slang for MISSUS AUSTRALIA, CURRANT BUN UK, 1998 1898 Chelsea Pier adjective queer, odd. Rhyming slang, formed on a cheese and rice! used for expressing surprise or irritation TRINIDAD London landmark; similar to BRIGHTON PIER but here ‘queer’ AND TOBAGO, 1950 doesn’t lead to ‘homosexual’ UK, 2003 cheeseball noun a corny, socially inept person US, 1990 chemical noun 1 crack cocaine US, 1994. 2 any drug with addictive cheesebox noun a telephone device used to transfer calls received characteristics UK, 2003 by an illegal operation. So named, according to legend, because chemical generation noun a section of society identified as the the first one was found by police hidden in a cheese box US, 1952 first to have MDMA, the drug best known as ecstasy, as a rec- Cheesebox nickname the Stateville Prison in Joilet, Illinois US, 1992 reational option, especially those who were actually a part of the attendant dance culture. The chemical generation began in the cheese bun noun a worker who informs on his fellow workers US, 1960 late 1980s but was probably not identified by this title until the cheesecake noun a scantily clad woman as the subject of a photo- late 90s; the definitive recreational drug culture was not restricted graph or artwork US, 1934 to MDMA but its wide use signalled a greater-than-ever-before cheesecutter noun a wedge-shaped hat. From the shape, and the acceptance of man-made and designer drugs UK, 1998 memory of the vaguely similar late C19/early C20 ‘cheese-cutter chemically challenged adjective drunk. ‘Challenged’ is a key word caps’ UK, 2000 in the lexicon of political correctness, lending an air of humour to cheesed off; cheesed adjective disgruntled, bored, miserable.