cheek

Plural: cheeks

Noun

• either side of the face below the eyes
• an impudent statement
• either of the two large fleshy masses of muscular tissue that form the human rump
• impudent aggressiveness
• The soft skin on each side of the face, below the eyes; the outer surface of the sides of the oral cavity.
• The lower part of the buttocks that is often exposed beneath very brief underwear, swimwear, or extremely short shorts.
• Impudence.
• One of the genae, flat areas on the sides of a trilobite's cephalon.
• One of the pieces of a machine, or of timber or stonework, that form corresponding sides or a similar pair.
• One of the pieces of a machine, or of timber or stonework, that form corresponding sides or a similar pair.
• pump-cheek, pump-cheeks, a piece of wood cut out fork-shaped in which the brake is fastened by means of a bolt and can thus move around and move the upper box of the pump up and down
• The branches of a bridle bit.
• Either side of an axehead.
• The middle section of a flask, made so that it can be moved laterally, to permit the removal of the pattern from the mould.

Verb

Verb Forms: cheeked, cheeking, cheeks

• To speak to someone impudently or disrespectfully.
• speak impudently to
• To be impudent towards.
• To pull a horse's head back toward the saddle using the cheek strap of the bridle.
• To put or keep something in one’s cheek.

Examples

• Don't cheek me, you little rascal!
• Don’t CHEEK the Scrabble dictionary; it always has the final say.
• the cheeks of a gun carriage
• the cheeks of a vice
• The squirrel cheeked some nuts before heading back to it's nest.
• You’ve got some cheek, asking me for money!

Synonyms

boldness, brass, buttock, face, impertinence, impudence, nerve, arsecheek, asscheek, brass neck, butt cheek, chutzpah, nether cheek, sass, wang

Related Words

buccal, genal

Anagrams of cheek