cheeknoun
uk/tʃiːk/us/tʃiːk/cheek noun (FACE)
B1 [ C ] the soft part of your face that is below your eye and between your mouth and ear:
The tears ran down her cheeks.
rosy cheeks
He embraced her, kissing her on both cheeks.
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- He gently felt the softness of the baby's cheek.
- He had a long livid scar across his cheek.
- He pecked his aunt on the cheek.
- He has a purplish birthmark on his cheek.
- A tear rolled down his cheek.
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The head & face
- -cheeked
- -chinned
- -faced
- chin
- countenance
- dimple
- facial
- facies
- frontalis
- hairline
- mandible
- nape
- neck
- nose
- nucha
- nuchal
- pes anserinus
- splenius
- temple
- temporal
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cheek noun (BEHAVIOUR)
[ S or U ] UK behaviour or talk that is rude and shows no respect:
He told me off for being late when he arrived half an hour after me. What a cheek!
[ + to infinitive ] She's got some cheek to take your car without asking.
He had the cheek to ask me to pay for her!
She's always getting into trouble for giving her teachers cheek (= being rude to them).
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Rude and cheeky
- backchat
- bold
- cheeky
- chutzpah
- cocksure
- cocky
- fruity
- gobby
- impertinent
- liberty
- lippy
- mouthy
- neanderthal
- offensive
- personally
- presumptuous
- sass
- sick
- smart mouth
- unpleasant
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cheek noun (BOTTOM)
[ C ] informal either of the two halves of your bottom
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The buttocks
- arse
- ass
- back end
- backside
- behind
- booty
- bot
- bottom
- bum
- bun
- butt
- buttock
- derrière
- fanny
- gluteal
- haunch
- posterior
- rump
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Idiom(s)
cheek by jowl
cheekverb [ T ]
uk/tʃiːk/us/tʃiːk/UK informalto be rude to someone:
He's always getting into trouble for cheeking his teachers.
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Insults & abuse
- arse-licker
- asshole
- be close to the bone idiom
- brickbat
- cut (sb) to the quick idiom
- denigrate
- fuck
- fuck you/them/it idiom
- give someone a mouthful idiom
- mouth
- mouthful
- name-calling
- score
- shit
- sledging
- snowflake
- stick
- take sb's name in vain idiom
- trifle
- trifle with sb/sth
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