cheek

Meaning

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.

Concepts

cheek

jaw

impudence

face

insolence

impertinence

effrontery

side of face

buttock

nerve

jowl

rudeness

audacity

brass

cheeks

boldness

buttocks

cheekbone

cheekiness

middle flask

bucca

bun

dimple

garrulity

talkativeness

facade

gill

disrespect

churlishness

insolent

jaws

side post

stop

epchisimba mz

impudenee

ball

brazeness

cockiness

sauce

presuming

recklessness

cheek flask

mid-part

raising middle flask

duplex parts

frame

rim

side piece

contempt

temple

ear

lower cheek

chin

temples

side

lower jaw

mala

brashness

dirtiness

gaminess

perkiness

profanity

raciness

ribaldry

scandalousness

shamelessness

spiciness

impoliteness

irreverence

cant

doorpost

jamb

post

side of head

brazenness

chutzpa

chutzpah

hutzpah

botty

butt cheek

butt-cheek

gluteus

haunch

nates

one-half

rump

tail

thyroid

Pronounced as (IPA)

/t͡ʃiːk/

Etymology

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”).