Meanings
plural cheezies
- CanadaA cheese puff.
Within seconds, the air was thick with flying potato chips, cheezies and other odds and ends.
2006, Michele Martin Bossley, Swiped, Orca Book Publishers, published 2006, →ISBN, page 62 more examples
A table beside it was crowded with empty cola bottles and half-eaten bags of chips and cheezies.
1994, Margaret Buffie, The Warnings, Kids Can Press, published 1994, →ISBN, page 125Day-glo orange cheezies are highly processed and practically nutrient-free—the diet equivalent of entertainment television.
2007, Annemarie Tempelman-Kluit, Healthy Mum, Happy Baby: How to Feed Yourself When You're Breastfeeding Your Baby, Random House Canada, →ISBN, pages 60–61Synonyms: cheese curl, cheese doodle, cheesy puff
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA cheese puff.
Origin
From the name of the Canadian cheese puff brand Cheezies (derived from cheesy), produced by W.T. Hawkins Ltd, through trademark erosion.
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cheezie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cheezie
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