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cheek
either side of a face; nerve, audacity, gall, impudence: the kid has a lot of cheek
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cheek
(chēk)n.
1. The fleshy part of either side of the face below the eye and between the nose and ear.
2. Something resembling the cheek in shape or position.
3. Either of the buttocks.
4. Impertinent boldness: had the cheek to insult his hosts.
tr.v. cheeked, cheek·ing, cheeks Informal
Idiom: To speak impudently to.
cheek by jowl
Side by side; close together.
[Middle English cheke, from Old English cēace.]
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cheek
(tʃiːk)n
1. (Anatomy)
a. either side of the face, esp that part below the eye
b. either side of the oral cavity; side of the mouth. buccalgenalmalar
2. informal impudence; effrontery
3. (often plural) informal either side of the buttocks
4. (Architecture) (often plural) a side of a door jamb
5. (Nautical Terms) nautical one of the two fore-and-aft supports for the trestletrees on a mast of a sailing vessel, forming part of the hounds
6. (Tools) one of the jaws of a vice
7. cheek by jowl close together; intimately linked
8. turn the other cheek to be submissive and refuse to retaliate even when provoked or treated badly
9. with one's tongue in one's cheek See tongue19
vb
(tr) informal to speak or behave disrespectfully to; act impudently towards
[Old English ceace; related to Middle Low German kāke, Dutch kaak]
ˈcheekless adj
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cheek
(tʃik)n.
1. either side of the face below the eye and above the jaw.
2. the side wall of the mouth between the upper and lower jaws.
3. something likened to the side of the face, as either of two corresponding sides of an object: the cheeks of a vise.
4. impudence or effrontery.
5. either of the buttocks.
Idioms: cheek by jowl, in close intimacy; side by side.
[before 900; Middle English cheke, Old English cē(a)ce, c. Old Frisian ziāke; akin to Middle Dutch, Middle Low German kāke cheek]
cheek′less, adj.
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cheek
Past participle: cheeked
Gerund: cheeking
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| Noun | 1. |  cheek - either side of the face below the eyesbuccinator muscle, cheek muscle, musculus buccinator - a muscle that flattens the cheek and retracts the angle of the mouth arteria buccalis, buccal artery - a branch of the maxillary artery that supplies blood to the buccinator muscle and the cheek face, human face - the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear; "he washed his face"; "I wish I had seen the look on his face when he got the news" |
| 2. | cheek - an impudent statement discourtesy, disrespect - an expression of lack of respect | |
| 3. |  cheek - either of the two large fleshy masses of muscular tissue that form the human rumpbody part - any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity torso, trunk, body - the body excluding the head and neck and limbs; "they moved their arms and legs and bodies" glute, gluteal muscle, gluteus, gluteus muscle - any one of three large skeletal muscles that form the buttock and move the thigh | |
| 4. | cheek - impudent aggressiveness; "I couldn't believe her boldness"; "he had the effrontery to question my honesty" aggressiveness - the quality of being bold and enterprising audaciousness, audacity - aggressive boldness or unmitigated effrontery; "he had the audacity to question my decision" | |
| Verb | 1. | cheek - speak impudently to |
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cheek
noun (Informal) impudence, face (informal), front, nerve, sauce (informal), gall (informal), disrespect, audacity, neck (informal), lip (slang), temerity, chutzpah (U.S. & Canad. informal), insolence, impertinence, effrontery, brass neck (Brit. informal), brazenness, sassiness (U.S. informal) I'm amazed they have the cheek to ask in the first place.
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cheek
nounThe state or quality of being impudent or arrogantly self-confident:
assumption, audaciousness, audacity, boldness, brashness, brazenness, cheekiness, chutzpah, discourtesy, disrespect, effrontery, face, familiarity, forwardness, gall, impertinence, impudence, impudency, incivility, insolence, nerve, nerviness, overconfidence, pertness, presumptuousness, pushiness, rudeness, sassiness, sauciness.
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Translations
خَدّخَدٌّ، وَجْنَهوَقاحَه
бузастрана
tvářdrzostlíčko
kindbaldecheekfrækhed
vango
poski
obraz
kinnósvífni
ほお
뺨
gena
nepagarbus elgesysskruostas
nekaunībavaigs
líce
licepredrznost
kind
แก้ม
má
cheek
[tʃiːk]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
cheek
[ˈtʃiːk] nCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
cheek
n
→ Backe f, → Wange f (liter); to be cheek by jowl (with somebody) → Tuchfühlung mit jdm haben, auf Tuchfühlung (mit jdm) sein; to dance cheek to cheek → Wange an Wange tanzen; cheek pouch → Futtertasche f; to turn the other cheek → die andere Wange hinhalten
(= buttock) → Backe f
(Brit: = impudence) → Frechheit f, → Unverschämtheit f, → Dreistigkeit f; to have the cheek to do something → die Frechheit or Stirn haben, etw zu tun, sich erfrechen, etw zu tun; they gave him a lot of cheek → sie waren sehr frech zu ihm; enough of your cheek! → jetzt reichts aber!; of all the cheek!, the cheek of it! → so eine Frechheit or Unverschämtheit!
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
cheek
[tʃiːk]1. n
a. → guancia (fam) (buttock) → natica
to dance cheek to cheek → ballare guancia a guancia
cheek by jowl → gomito a gomito
to dance cheek to cheek → ballare guancia a guancia
cheek by jowl → gomito a gomito
2. vt → essere sfacciato/a con
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
cheek
(tʃiːk) noun1. the side of the face below the eye. pink cheeks.
2. impudence or disrespectful behaviour. He had the cheek to refuse me entrance.
ˈcheeky adjective impudent. a cheeky remark.
ˈcheekiness nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
cheek
→ خَدّ tvář kind Wange μάγουλο mejilla poski joue obraz guancia ほお 뺨 wang kinn policzek bochecha щека kind แก้ม yanak má 脸颊Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
cheek
n. mejilla.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
cheek
n mejilla; (fam, buttock) nalgaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.