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Cheek

Cheek Meaning & Definition
Cheek Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Cheek?

[n] impudent aggressiveness; "I couldn't believe her boldness"; "he had the effrontery to question my honesty"
[n] either of the two large fleshy masses of muscular tissue that form the human rump
[n] either side of the face below the eyes
[n] an impudent statement
[v] speak impudently to

Synonyms | Synonyms for Cheek: boldness | brass | buttock | face | impertinence | impudence | nerve

Related Terms | Find terms related to Cheek: arse | ass | backside | bank | beam | behind | border | bottom | brashness | brass | brazen boldness | breech | broadside | bum | butt | can | cheeks | chop | chutzpah | coast | confidence | crust | derriere | duff | face | fanny | flank | gall | hand | handedness | haunch | heroics | hip | hubris | improvidence | imprudence | impudence | indiscretion | injudiciousness | insolence | jowl | keister | laterality | many-sidedness | multilaterality | nerve | overboldness | overcarelessness | overconfidence | oversureness | overweeningness | planking | prat | presumption | profile | quarter | rashness | rusty-dusty | shore | side | siding | stern | tail | temerariousness | temerity | temple | tuchis | tush | tushy | unchariness | unilaterality | unwariness

See Also | aggressiveness | arteria buccalis | audaciousness | audacity | back talk | backtalk | body | body part | buccal artery | buccinator muscle | cheek muscle | chutzpah | discourtesy | disrespect | face | feature | gluteal muscle | gluteus | gluteus muscle | human face | hutzpa | lineament | lip | mouth | musculus buccinator | sass | sassing | speak | talk | torso | trunk

Cheek In Webster's Dictionary

\Cheek\ (ch[=e]k), n. [OE. cheke, cheoke, AS. ce[`a]ce, ce[`o]ce; cf. Goth. kukjan to kiss, D. kaak cheek; perh. akin to E. chew, jaw.] 1. The side of the face below the eye. 2. The cheek bone. [Obs.] --Caucer. 3. pl. (Mech.) Those pieces of a machine, or of any timber, or stone work, which form corresponding sides, or which are similar and in pair; as, the cheeks (jaws) of a vise; the cheeks of a gun carriage, etc. 4. pl. The branches of a bridle bit. --Knight. 5. (Founding) A section of a flask, so made that it can be moved laterally, to permit the removal of the pattern from the mold; the middle part of a flask. 6. Cool confidence; assurance; impudence. [Slang] {Cheek of beef}. See Illust. of {Beef}. {Cheek bone} (Anat.) the bone of the side of the face; esp., the malar bone. {Cheek by jowl}, side by side; very intimate. {Cheek pouch} (Zo["o]l.), a sacklike dilation of the cheeks of certain monkeys and rodents, used for holding food. {Cheeks of a block}, the two sides of the shell of a tackle block. {Cheeks of a mast}, the projection on each side of a mast, upon which the trestletrees rest. {Cheek tooth} (Anat.), a hinder or molar tooth. {Butment cheek}. See under {Butment}.
\Cheek\, v. t. To be impudent or saucy to. [Slang.]

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