About The Word Cheek
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Cheek
Cheek Definition And Meaning |
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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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