cheek

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. The soft skin on each side of the face, below the eyes; the outer surface of the sides of the oral cavity.
2. (informal) The lower part of the buttocks that is often exposed beneath very brief underwear, swimwear, or extremely short shorts.
3. (informal) Impudence.
4. (informal) One of the genae, flat areas on the sides of a trilobite's cephalon.
5. One of the pieces of a machine, or of timber or stonework, that form corresponding sides or a similar pair.
6. One of the pieces of a machine, or of timber or stonework, that form corresponding sides or a similar pair.
7. The branches of a bridle bit. .
8. Either side of an axehead.
9. The middle section of a flask, made so that it can be moved laterally, to permit the removal of the pattern from the mould.

Verb

1. To be impudent towards.
2. To pull a horse's head back toward the saddle using the cheek strap of the bridle.
3. To put or keep something in one’s cheek.

Conceptos

mejilla

nalga

carrillo

cachete

cara

impertinencia

pómulo

frescura

descaro

carillo

alzado

desfachatez

hueso de la mejilla

vista

cara de un sólido

faz

gara

rostro

semblante

tez

mandibula inferior

mandíbula

maxilar

quijada

faces

glúteo

cacha

replicar

atrevimiento

audacia

cara dura

osadía

valor

impudencia

papo

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/t͡ʃiːk/

Etimología (Inglés)

From Middle English cheeke, cheke, cheoke, choke, from Old English ċēce, ċēace, ċēoce (“cheek; jaw”), from Proto-West Germanic *kākā, *keukā (“jaw, cheek”), from Proto-Germanic *kēkǭ, *keukǭ (“jaw; palate; pharynx”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *ǵyewh₁- (“to chew”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Sooke (“cheek”), West Frisian tsjeak (“jaw”), Dutch kaak (“jaw; cheek”), Swedish käke (“jaw; jowl”), Norwegian kjake (“jaw”), Old Norse kók (“mouth; gullet”).