Swiss cheese

1. informaluncountableSynonym of Emmentaler, a Swiss cheese with many holes

   Synonyms: Emmentaler

2. colloquialuncountableBy extension, any cheese which resembles Emmentaler, especially ones with holes.
3. colloquialfigurativelyuncountableSomething that is full of holes or vulnerabilities.

   […] surprise and frustration when systems ultimately decay into a block of security Swiss cheese.

   2004, InfoWorld, volume 26, number 13, page 26

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   "If people really knew the extent to which the Internet is Swiss cheese, they would freak out," Fancher says. As with employee crime, the best protections against attacks by outsiders are matters of common sense, say security experts.

   1999, Mark Fisch, Criminology, 1999-2000, page 103

present singular third person Swiss cheeses · participle present Swiss cheesing · participle past Swiss cheesed · past Swiss cheesed

1. slangtransitiveAfrican-American Vernacular; usually passive voice; African-American Vernacular; usually passive voiceTo murder (someone) by shooting them full of holes; to shoot (someone) many times.

   He will get Swiss cheesed.