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Definition of tongue-in-cheek in English: tongue-in-cheekadverb & adjective tʌŋɪnˈtʃiːk In an ironic or insincere way. as adjective her delightful tongue-in-cheek humour 她那令人愉快的，似真非真的幽默。 as adverb ‘I swear there's a female conspiracy against men!’ he complained, tongue-in-cheek “我敢保证有一个女人反对男人的阴谋！”他故作正经地说。 Example sentencesExamples - Stand by for a second helping of tongue-in-cheek humour, sight gags and a great soundtrack that should appeal as much to adults as children.
- I admit it, I'm always a sucker for these tongue-in-cheek uses of Indian mythology for product advertising.
- My suggestion that there be a radio program dedicated to design was actually slightly tongue-in-cheek.
- Tauranga police today issued a tongue-in-cheek statement saying a robbery had taken place.
- I think most readers did appreciate that my Times piece was tongue-in-cheek.
- In a naive but expressive style of drawing and understated, tongue-in-cheek text he manages to insert subtle and serious food for thought.
- We throw in some salsa and tango, but it's all tongue-in-cheek.
- The suggestion was intended as tongue-in-cheek, but the more I think about it the more it makes sense.
- The film is full of tongue-in-cheek humor that satirizes teen films and action films at the same time.
- This aspect of the performance is played with a beautiful synthesis of tongue-in-cheek humour and sincerity.
- The game is rife with tongue-in-cheek humor, a strong storyline and innovative combat techniques.
- They cannot afford to mock the bands they model themselves on but a bit of tongue-in-cheek humour doesn't go amiss either.
- You may have seen this ad before - and maybe even thought it was cute, sexy and tongue-in-cheek.
- He agreed that the beginning of the article appeared to be written tongue-in-cheek but the end of it was downright insulting.
- The new album has the same tongue-in-cheek humour and upbeat mood as the first album, but seems to lack its clout.
- This was not the tongue-in-cheek response the protestors expected.
- The four lads indeed like to mess around and give tongue-in-cheek answers, when not actually playing with our tape recorders.
- I think probably they do think it's too tongue-in-cheek or too funny.
- Readers have since contacted us and in a tongue-in-cheek way enquired if there might be a connection between the two articles.
- In case you didn't already realise, this article is tongue-in-cheek humour.
Synonyms frisky, jolly, fun-loving, lively, full of fun, high-spirited, spirited, in high spirits, exuberant, perky, skittish, coltish, kittenish
Rhymesantique, batik, beak, bespeak, bezique, bleak, boutique, cacique, caïque, cheek, chic, clique, creak, creek, critique, Dominique, eke, freak, geek, Greek, hide-and-seek, keek, Lalique, leak, leek, Martinique, meek, midweek, Mozambique, Mustique, mystique, oblique, opéra comique, ortanique, peak, Peake, peek, physique, pique, pratique, reek, seek, shriek, Sikh, sleek, sneak, speak, Speke, squeak, streak, teak, technique, tweak, unique, veronique, weak, week, wreak Definition of tongue-in-cheek in US English: tongue-in-cheekadjective & adverbˈˌtəŋ ən ˈtʃikˈˌtəNG ən ˈCHēk With ironic or flippant intent. 挖苦的；不可当真的 as adjective her delightful tongue-in-cheek humor 她那令人愉快的，似真非真的幽默。 as adverb “I swear there's a female conspiracy against men!” he complained, tongue-in-cheek “我敢保证有一个女人反对男人的阴谋！”他故作正经地说。 Example sentencesExamples - My suggestion that there be a radio program dedicated to design was actually slightly tongue-in-cheek.
- In a naive but expressive style of drawing and understated, tongue-in-cheek text he manages to insert subtle and serious food for thought.
- The game is rife with tongue-in-cheek humor, a strong storyline and innovative combat techniques.
- I think most readers did appreciate that my Times piece was tongue-in-cheek.
- In case you didn't already realise, this article is tongue-in-cheek humour.
- Stand by for a second helping of tongue-in-cheek humour, sight gags and a great soundtrack that should appeal as much to adults as children.
- Tauranga police today issued a tongue-in-cheek statement saying a robbery had taken place.
- The film is full of tongue-in-cheek humor that satirizes teen films and action films at the same time.
- You may have seen this ad before - and maybe even thought it was cute, sexy and tongue-in-cheek.
- The new album has the same tongue-in-cheek humour and upbeat mood as the first album, but seems to lack its clout.
- The suggestion was intended as tongue-in-cheek, but the more I think about it the more it makes sense.
- He agreed that the beginning of the article appeared to be written tongue-in-cheek but the end of it was downright insulting.
- They cannot afford to mock the bands they model themselves on but a bit of tongue-in-cheek humour doesn't go amiss either.
- The four lads indeed like to mess around and give tongue-in-cheek answers, when not actually playing with our tape recorders.
- I think probably they do think it's too tongue-in-cheek or too funny.
- We throw in some salsa and tango, but it's all tongue-in-cheek.
- This was not the tongue-in-cheek response the protestors expected.
- I admit it, I'm always a sucker for these tongue-in-cheek uses of Indian mythology for product advertising.
- Readers have since contacted us and in a tongue-in-cheek way enquired if there might be a connection between the two articles.
- This aspect of the performance is played with a beautiful synthesis of tongue-in-cheek humour and sincerity.
Synonyms frisky, jolly, fun-loving, lively, full of fun, high-spirited, spirited, in high spirits, exuberant, perky, skittish, coltish, kittenish
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