cheeseball

English

Cheeseballs

Cheeseball (Glochidion ferdinandi)

Etymology

cheese +‎ ball

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.
2. The tree Glochidion ferdinandi.
3. (derogatory, slang) Someone cheesy, lacking taste or style.

Adjective

cheeseball (comparative more cheeseball, superlative most cheeseball)

1. (derogatory, slang) Cheesy, lacking taste or style.
   • 2015, Beast Boy, “Oil Drums”, in Teen Titans Go!:

     I want to watch me some Manimal. A guy that can turn into animals, that's so cheeseball.