check out the plumbing and visit the
plumbingtv. to go to the bathroom.
I think I’d better check out the plumbing
before we go. I want you kids to visit the
plumbing as soon as we get there.
check something outtv. to examine
something; to think about something.
It’s something we all have to be concerned
with. Check it out. TCheck out this Billy
Biggles album.
check thattv. cancel that; ignore that (last
remark). Check that. I was wrong. At
four, no, check that, at three o’clock this af-
ternoon, a bomb exploded at the riverside.
cheddarn. money. I’m totally out of
cheddar. Can you loan me a Benji? This
rag ain’t worth that much cheddar.
cheese 1. n. vomit. There’s cheese on the
sidewalk. Look out! In there, there’s
cheese on the bathroom f loor. So gross! 2.
in. to empty one’s stomach; to vomit.
Somebody cheesed on the sidewalk. She
popped into the bushes and cheesed sound-
lessly. 3. in. to smile, as for a photogra-
pher who asks you to say cheesewhen a
picture is taken. Why are you cheesing?
Did something good happen. She’s al-
ways cheesing at him. What’s up? 4. n.
money. I don’t have the cheese to buy a
new car. You have some cheese I can
borrow?
cheesecake 1. n. a display of the female
form, probably wearing little clothing, of-
ten in photographs. (See also beefcake.)
Women don’t like to see all that cheese-
cake on the walls when they bring their
cars in here to be fixed. Now they’re
even putting the magazines with cheese-
cake under the counter. 2. n. a good-look-
ing woman; good-looking women.
Who’s the cheesecake in that low-cut job?
Bring on the cheesecake!
cheesed offmod. angry; disgusted.
Clare was really cheesed off at the butler.
The butler was cheesed off at the cook.
cheese-eatern. an informer; a rat fink.
(Rats eat cheese.) Some cheese-eater
called the clerk and warned her we were
coming. Tracy, the cheese-eater, called
the police.
cheesehead 1. n. a stupid-acting person.
Is this cheesehead bothering you?
Why do all the cheeseheads in town ride in
my cab in the same day? 2. n. someone
from the state of Wisconsin. (Much
cheese is made is Wisconsin. Not usually
derogatory.) I moved to Wisconsin and
became a cheesehead. We take our va-
cations in the land of the cheeseheads.
Cheese it (the cops)!exclam. Run away,
the cops are coming! Look out! Cheese
it, the cops! If you see the fuzz coming,
you’re supposed to yell, “Cheese it, the
cops!” But I don’t know why. Then they
know we’re doing something wrong.
cheesymod. cheap; tacky. I wouldn’t live
in a cheesy place like this if I could afford
better. That was a cheesy trick to pull on
somebody.
cheezern. a very bad smelling release of
intestinal gas; a foul-smelling fart. God,
who let the cheezer?
cherry 1. n. an inexperienced person; a
novice. He’s just a cherry. He don’t
know from nothing. She’s a cherry when
it comes to computers. 2. n. the hymen.
(Usually objectionable.) Her cherry is
intact, but she’s no virgin. You jerk! All
you care about is scoring cherries!
chewin. to eat. She’s in the kitchen, chew-
ing. Man, I’m hungry. It’s time to chew!
chewedmod. abused. After that argu-
ment at the office yesterday, I really felt
chewed. After an interview like that, I
am too chewed to even cry.
chew facetv. to kiss. (More jocular than
crude.) A couple of kids were in a door-
way chewin’ face. Hey Tracy! Wanna go
chew face?
chew someone outtv. to scold someone.
I knew my dad was going to chew me
out.TThe dean chewed out the whole fra-
ternity.
chew someone’s ass outtv. to scold
someone severely. (Usually objection-
able.) The cop was really mad and
chewed Bob’s ass out.
chew something over 1. tv. to talk some-
thing over. Why don’t we do lunchchew something over