checca — meaning in English
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English meaning
- fairy noun A small, magical being of human shape, often shown with wings in folklore and fiction.
- milksop noun A piece of bread sopped in milk.
- pansy noun A small cultivated garden flower with broad, often multicoloured petals.
- poof intj Used to represent a sudden small explosion or a magical vanishing.
- queen noun A female monarch who rules a country, or the wife of a king.
- queer adj Relating to a sexual orientation or gender identity that isn't exclusively heterosexual or cisgender; used both as a reclaimed identity term and, historically, as a slur.
- twink noun (slang) A young, slim, attractive gay man, typically without much body hair.
- weenie noun Someone weak and unimportant, a wimp.
Senses
checca is used for these senses in English:
- fairy (Northern England, US, derogatory, colloquial) A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate.
- milksop (by extension, pejorative) An easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person.
- namby-pamby One who is insipid, sentimental, or weak.
- pansy (derogatory, colloquial) A timid, weak man or boy; a wuss.
- poof (UK, Irish, Commonwealth, derogatory, colloquial) A gay man; especially one who is effeminate.
- queen (LGBT slang, sometimes, derogatory) A homosexual man, especially one regarded as effeminate.
- queer (colloquial, sometimes, pejorative) Non-heterosexual or non-cisgender: homosexual, bisexual, asexual, transgender, etc.
- twink (derogatory, slang) A weak or effeminate man, whether gay or not.
milksop — full definition
- noun A piece of bread sopped in milk.
- noun A dish consisting of bread pieces in a bowl, sprinkled with sugar and covered in hot milk.
- noun An easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person.