cheek
Significado
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- The soft skin on each side of the face, below the eyes; the outer surface of the sides of the oral cavity.
- (informal) The lower part of the buttocks that is often exposed beneath very brief underwear, swimwear, or extremely short shorts.
- (informal) Impudence.
- (informal) One of the genae, flat areas on the sides of a trilobite's cephalon.
- One of the pieces of a machine, or of timber or stonework, that form corresponding sides or a similar pair.
- One of the pieces of a machine, or of timber or stonework, that form corresponding sides or a similar pair.
- The branches of a bridle bit. .
- Either side of an axehead.
- The middle section of a flask, made so that it can be moved laterally, to permit the removal of the pattern from the mould.
Frecuencia
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/t͡ʃiːk/
Etimoloxía
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”).
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