Cheek

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  • 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.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
  • To bring up to the cheek.
  • To face; confront in a bold or impudent manner; assail with impudent or insulting language.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To be impudent or saucy to.
  • noun. The side of the face below the eye.
  • noun. The cheek bone.
  • noun. 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. 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. Cool confidence; assurance; impudence.
  • noun. See Illust. of Beef.
  • noun. the bone of the side of the face; esp., the malar bone.
  • noun. side by side; very intimate.
  • noun. 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. a hinder or molar tooth.
  • noun. See under Butment.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The soft skin on each side of the face, below the eyes; the outer surface of the sides of the oral cavity.
  • noun. A buttock.
  • noun. Impudence.
  • noun. One of the genae, flat areas on the sides of a trilobite's cephalon.
  • verb. To be impudent towards.
  • 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
  • Word Usage
    "Petzal, with his tongue firmly in cheek, is spot on."
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    arse  ass  assurance  backside  bank  
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    cheeked  cheeking  cheeks