cheek

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The soft part of the face below each eye and beside the nose and mouth.

   Tears ran down her cheeks as she said goodbye.

2. 2
   noun

   Rude or disrespectful boldness.

   You've got some cheek, asking me for money after what you did!

3. 3
   verb

   To speak rudely or disrespectfully to someone.

   Don't cheek your teacher like that!

Common collocations

• cheek pouch Noun + noun

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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