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cheek
[ cheek ]
noun
- either side of the face below the eye and above the jaw.
- the side wall of the mouth between the upper and lower jaws.
- something resembling the side of the human face in form or position, as either of two parts forming corresponding sides of various objects:
the cheeks of a vise.
- impudence or effrontery:
He's got a lot of cheek to say that to me!
Synonyms: , , ,
- Slang. either of the buttocks.
- Architecture.
- one side of an opening, as a reveal.
- either of two similar faces of a projection, as a buttress or dormer.
- Carpentry.
- a piece of wood removed from the end of a timber in making a tenon.
- a piece of wood on either side of a mortise.
- one side of a hammer head.
- Horology. one of two pieces placed on both sides of the suspension spring of a pendulum to control the amplitude of oscillation or to give the arc of the pendulum a cycloidal form.
- one of the two main vertical supports forming the frame of a hand printing press.
- Machinery. either of the sides of a pulley or block.
- Nautical. either of a pair of fore-and-aft members at the lower end of the head of a lower mast, used to support trestletrees which in turn support a top and often the heel of a topmast; one of the hounds of a lower mast. Compare hound 2( def 1 ).
- Metallurgy. any part of a flask between the cope and the drag.
cheek
/ ³Ùʃ¾±Ë°ì /
noun
- either side of the face, esp that part below the eye
- either side of the oral cavity; side of the mouth buccalgenalmalar
- informal.impudence; effrontery
- informal.often plural either side of the buttocks
- often plural a side of a door jamb
- nautical one of the two fore-and-aft supports for the trestletrees on a mast of a sailing vessel, forming part of the hounds
- one of the jaws of a vice
- cheek by jowlclose together; intimately linked
- turn the other cheekto be submissive and refuse to retaliate even when provoked or treated badly
- with one's tongue in one's cheekSee tongue
verb
- informal.tr to speak or behave disrespectfully to; act impudently towards
Derived Forms
- ˈ³¦³ó±ð±ð°ì±ô±ð²õ²õ, adjective
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ³¦³ó±ð±ð°ìl±ð²õ²õ adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of cheek1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of cheek1
Idioms and Phrases
- cheek by jowl, in close intimacy; side by side:
a row of houses cheek by jowl.
- (with) tongue in cheek. tongue ( def 37 ).
More idioms and phrases containing cheek
In addition to the idiom beginning with cheek , also see tongue in cheek ; turn the other cheek .Example Sentences
Tears forced their way through closed lids, streaming hot down my cheeks.
If parts of this online re-writing of history are presumably tongue in cheek, there is also a darker, more extreme backlash visible as well.
The advice of Stargazing singer Smith - the man with the best-selling British single in 2024 - has provided a big boost to Kerr, even if those words of wisdom are sometimes delivered tongue in cheek.
As they drove farther into the mountains, the man to Juan’s right raked the knife across his cheek.
"The moment I got off here I almost cried," he says, as tears begin rolling down his cheeks.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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