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Say cheese!
Say cheese!
Inf. an expression used by photographers to get people to smile, which they must do while saying the word heese. "All of you please stand still and say cheese!" said the photographer. "Is everybody ready? Say cheese!" asked Mary, aiming the camera.
Say cheese!
(informal) something that someone who is taking a photograph of you tells you to say so that your mouth makes the shape of a smile OK everyone, look at the camera and say cheese.
Say cheese!
exclam. Please smile! (A phrase said by a photographer who is trying to get someone to smile for a photograph.) Say cheese for the camera, please.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Florentina | | - | Spanish, Late Roman |
Sakari | | SAH-kah-ree | Finnish |
Gemma | | JEM-mah (Italian), JEM-ə (English), KHE-mah (Dutch) | Italian, Catalan, English (British), Dutch |
Soini | | SOY-nee | Finnish |
Mukesh | | - | Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali |
ŞErİF | | - | Turkish |