cheek
Other forms: cheeks; cheeked; cheeking
Your cheek is the part of your face under your eye and between your ear and nose. Your cheeks might turn bright red in embarrassment when you have to speak in public.
When you cry, your cheeks get wet, and when you greet your grandmother, she might give you a kiss on the cheek or even pinch your cheek. Informally, your cheeks are also your buttocks or bottom — and when you're a little rude or sassy, your attitude itself can be called cheek. It comes from the Old English word ceace, "jaw," which probably stems from ceowan, "chew."
Definitions of cheek
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either side of the face below the eyes
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either of the two large fleshy masses of muscular tissue that form the human rump
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speak impudently to
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impudent aggressiveness
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types:
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audaciousness, audacity
aggressive boldness or unmitigated effrontery
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assumption, effrontery, presumption, presumptuousness
audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to
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type of:
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aggressiveness
the quality of being bold and enterprising
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audaciousness, audacity
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an impudent statement
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synonyms:
impertinence, impudence
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type of:
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discourtesy, disrespect
an expression of lack of respect
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discourtesy, disrespect
Pronunciation
US
/tʃik/
UK
/tʃik/
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