Usually means: Humorously ironic, not seriously intended.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word tongue in cheek:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. tongue in cheek: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. tongue-in-cheek, tongue in cheek: Merriam-Webster
  3. tongue-in-cheek, tongue in cheek: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. tongue-in-cheek: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. tongue in cheek: Collins English Dictionary
  6. tongue-in-cheek: Vocabulary.com
  7. tongue-in-cheek, tongue in cheek: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. tongue-in-cheek, tongue in cheek: Wiktionary
  9. tongue-in-cheek: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. (with) tongue in cheek, tongue-in-cheek, tongue in cheek: Dictionary.com
  11. Tongue-in-cheek, Tongue in cheek: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. tongue-in-cheek: Rhymezone
  13. tongue-in-cheek: FreeDictionary.org
  14. tongue-in-cheek: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. Tongue in Cheek: The Word Detective
  16. Tongue in cheek, tongue-in-cheek: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Tongue in cheek: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Tongue in cheek: Medical dictionary

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

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

Definitions from Wiktionary (Tongue in cheek)

adjective:  Alternative form of tongue-in-cheek [(idiomatic) Not intended seriously; jocular or humorous.]

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