cheese up
English
Etymology
From cheese + up.
Verb
cheese up (third-person singular simple present cheeses up, present participle cheesing up, simple past and past participle cheesed up)
- (transitive) to add cheese to; make cheesy or cheesier
- (intransitive) to become cheesy (overly dramatic, emotional, or exaggerated)
- (intransitive) to become smiley; crack a huge grin
- (transitive) to make (someone) smile