suck cheese

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Meaning · English

To be of terrible quality.

Register: slang

Where it’s used: Used American English

Examples

Anna assured me that the band was pretty bad, as jazz bands went—in fact, her exact words were that they “sucked cheese"—but I'd never felt so sophisticated in my entire life. “This is the life,” I said. “Hanging out in the city,[…]

Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).

Common questions

What does “suck cheese” mean?

To be of terrible quality.

Is “suck cheese” formal or informal?

suck cheese is generally slang.