Usually means: Humorous or ironic statement, not serious.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word tongue-in-cheek:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. tongue-in-cheek: Merriam-Webster
  2. tongue-in-cheek: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. tongue-in-cheek: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. tongue-in-cheek: Vocabulary.com
  5. tongue-in-cheek: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. tongue-in-cheek: Wiktionary
  7. tongue-in-cheek: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. tongue-in-cheek: Dictionary.com
  9. Tongue-in-cheek: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. tongue-in-cheek: Rhymezone
  11. tongue-in-cheek: FreeDictionary.org
  12. tongue-in-cheek: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. tongue-in-cheek: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tongue-in-cheek: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Tongue-in-cheek: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  (idiomatic) Not intended seriously; jocular or humorous.
adverb:  (obsolete) With contempt.
adverb:  With irony.

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