English Explanatory Dictionary

cheek

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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. The lower part of the buttocks that is often exposed beneath very brief underwear, swimwear, or extremely short shorts.
  3. Impudence.
  4. 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. pump-cheek, pump-cheeks, a piece of wood cut out fork-shaped in which the brake is fastened by means of a bolt and can thus move around and move the upper box of the pump up and down
  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.
name
  1. A pre-Norman surname.
  2. An unincorporated community in Carter County, Oklahoma, United States.
  3. An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Texas, United States, established by John R. Cheek.

Pronunciation

chēk /t͡ʃiːk/ En-us-cheek.ogg

Word forms

cheek cheeks cheeking cheeked

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”).

Synonyms

wang arsecheek asscheek butt cheek nether cheek impertinence impudence brass neck nerve sass chutzpah

Related words

buccal genal

Derived words

bench cheek booty cheek butment cheek butt-cheek cheek-bone cheek bone cheekbone cheek-by-jowl cheek by jowl cheeked cheeker cheek for chowl cheekful cheek guard cheekie cheekini cheekless cheekpiece cheek plate cheek pouch cheek to cheek cheek to jowl cheek-to-jowl cheek tooth cheeky chock full doorcheek face cheek fixed cheek free cheek slapped cheek syndrome spiny-cheek sleeper tongue firmly in cheek tongue in cheek tongue-in-cheek to one's own cheek tuftedcheek turn the other cheek with one's tongue in one's cheek with tongue in cheek cheek it out cheek it through cheek up cheek up to

Translations

Abkhaz: аʒамҩа Afrikaans: wang Dupaningan Agta: padingel Ahom: 𑜀𑜧𑜪 Albanian: faqe Southern Altai: јаак Amharic: ጉንጭ Angloromani: cham Apabhramsa: कवोल Apabhramsa: 𑆑𑆮𑆾𑆬 Arabic: خَدّ Arabic: وَجْنَة Arabic: خد Arabic: حنك Aragonese: caixo Armenian: թուշ Armenian: այտ Aromanian: maste Aromanian: bucã Asturian: papu Asturian: carriellu Asturian: mexella Avar: кӏаркьен Azerbaijani: yanaq Azerbaijani: ovurd West Coast Bajau: papa Bambara: dafuruku Bangi: litama Bashkir: яңаҡ Basque: masail Belarusian: шчака́ Belarusian: палі́чка Bengali: গাল Bau Bidayuh: panding Bau Bidayuh: paning Bouyei: jeemc Breton: boc'h Breton: jod Bulgarian: бу́за Bulgarian: страна́ Burmese: ပါး Catalan: galta Catalan: natja Cebuano: aping Chechen: бесни Chepang: गेर् Chinese Cantonese: 面珠 Chinese Mandarin: 臉頰 /脸颊 Chinese Mandarin: 腮 Chinese Mandarin: 腮幫子 /腮帮子 Chinese Mandarin: 臉蛋 /脸蛋 Chinese Mandarin: 臉蛋子 /脸蛋子 Chinese Mandarin: 面頰 /面颊 Chinese Mandarin: 臉皮 /脸皮 Chinese Mandarin: 頰 /颊 Chinese Mandarin: 腮頰 /腮颊 Chinese Mandarin: 兩頰 /两颊 Ngazidja Comorian: travu Coptic: ⲟⲩⲟϫⲓ Cornish: bogh Cree: mikwaskonew Czech: líčko Czech: půlka Danish: kind Danish: balde
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