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cheek - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The fleshy part of either side of the face below the eye and between the nose and ear.
- noun Something resembling the cheek in shape or position.
- noun Either of the buttocks.
- noun Impertinent boldness.
- transitive verb To speak impudently to.
- idiom (cheek by jowl) Side by side; close together.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To bring up to the cheek.
- To face; confront in a bold or impudent manner; assail with impudent or insulting language.
- noun Either of the two sides of the face below the eyes.
- noun Something regarded as resembling the human cheek in form or position; one of two pieces, as of an instrument, apparatus, framework, etc., which form corresponding sides or which are double and alike.
- noun The miter-sill of a lock-gate. Naut., one of the pieces of a block which form the sides of the shell.
- noun A cheek-bone; a jaw-bone.
- noun In entomology, the gena, or that part of an insect's head which lies between the eye and the mouth-cavity. This region sometimes becomes very prominent, as in certain of the Diptera.
- noun The edible portion of the large seaclam, Mactra solidissima.
- noun Cool confidence; brazen-faced impudence; an impudent or self-confident manner: as, he has plenty of cheek.
- noun Share; portion; allowance.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The side of the face below the eye.
- noun obsolete The cheek bone.
- noun (Mech.) Those pieces of a machine, or of any timber, or stone work, which form corresponding sides, or which are similar and in pair
- noun The branches of a bridle bit.
- noun (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.
- noun Slang Cool confidence; assurance; impudence.
- noun See
Illust. ofBeef . - noun (Anat.) the bone of the side of the face; esp., the malar bone.
- noun side by side; very intimate.
- noun (Zoöl.) a sacklike dilation of the cheeks of certain monkeys and rodents, used for holding food.
- noun the two sides of the shell of a tackle block.
- noun the projection on each side of a mast, upon which the trestletrees rest.
- noun (Anat.) a hinder or molar tooth.
- noun See under
Butment . - transitive verb Slang. To be impudent or saucy to.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun anatomy The soft skin on each side of the face, below the eyes; the outer surface of the sides of the oral cavity.
- noun informal, usually in the plural A
buttock . - noun informal
Impudence . - noun biology, informal One of the
genae , flat areas on the sides of atrilobite 'scephalon . - verb To be
impudent towards.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun either of the two large fleshy masses of muscular tissue that form the human rump
- noun impudent aggressiveness
- noun either side of the face below the eyes
- noun an impudent statement
- verb speak impudently to
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Middle English cheke, from Old English cēace.]
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Old English cēace
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Examples
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Petzal, with his tongue firmly in cheek, is spot on.
A Call to Action 2006
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I sincerely hope this article was written with tongue firmly planted in cheek, or else I pray for you.
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So back to the camp we made our way, with tongue in cheek, to put his proposals to the others.
Work Camp 934 L 2010
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I'm all for tongue in cheek sci-fi films, but this movie fails hard at even that.
Joel Silver and Dark Castle Buying Sundance Horror Hit Splice? | /Film 2010
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Every state should standardize on “state” and “county” (note tongue firmly planted in cheek).
The Volokh Conspiracy » The Case for Abolishing the Bluebook 2010
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Essentially I was making the same point you are, a bit more tongue in cheek though.
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Essentially I was making the same point you are, a bit more tongue in cheek though.
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Anything from The Onion is tongue in cheek, and the playing to a stereotype of Adderall (which The Onion does so well) is entirely a mockery of off label use — not its use in treating ADD.
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Essentially I was making the same point you are, a bit more tongue in cheek though.
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Every state should standardize on “state” and “county” (note tongue firmly planted in cheek).
The Volokh Conspiracy » The Case for Abolishing the Bluebook 2010
Related Words
synonyms (79)
Words with the same meaning
- arse
- ass
- assurance
- backside
- bank
- beam
- behind
- border
- bottom
- brashness
- brass
- brass neck
- 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
- impertinence
- improvidence
- imprudence
- impudence
- indiscretion
- informal
- injudiciousness
- insolence
- jowl
- keister
- laterality
- many-sidedness
- multilaterality
- nerve
- overboldness
- overcarelessness
- overconfidence
- oversureness
- overweeningness
- planking
- prat
- presumption
- profile
- qualifier
- quarter
- rashness
- rusty-dusty
- sass
- shore
- side
- siding
- slang
- stern
- tail
- temerariousness
- temerity
- temple
- tuchis
- tush
- tushy
- unchariness
- unilaterality
- unwariness
hypernyms (7)
Words that are more generic or abstract
same context (18)
Words that are found in similar contexts
cross-references (5)
Cross-references
rhymes (60)
Words with the same terminal sound
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- Greek
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- Monique
- Mozambique
- Sikh
- Tariq
- Zeke
- antique
- batik
- beak
- beek
- belgique
- bespeak
- bleak
- boutique
- cacique
- chic
- cleek
- clinique
- clique
- creak
- creek
- critique
- eke
- fleek
- freak
- geek
- greek
- leak
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- misspeak
- mystique
- oblique
- peak
- peek
- physique
- pique
- reek
- respeak
- seek
- sheik
- sheikh
- shriek
- sleek
- sneak
- speak
- speake
- squeak
- streak
- teak
- technique
- tweak
- unique
- weak
- week
- weik
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bilby commented on the word cheek
Nine-o'clock Bell!
Nine-o'clock Bell!
All the small children and big ones as well,
Pulling their stockings up, snatching their hats,
Cheeking and grumbling and giving back-chats,
Laughing and quarreling, dropping their things,
These at a snail's pace and those upon wings,
Lagging behind a bit, running ahead,
Waiting at corners for lights to turn red ...
- Eleanor Farjeon, 'School-Bell'.
November 3, 2008