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- Dictionarycheek/CHēk/
noun
- 1. either side of the face below the eye: "tears rolled down her cheeks"
- 2. impertinent talk or behavior: "he had the cheek to complain"
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The meaning of CHEEK is the fleshy side of the face below the eye and above and to the side of the mouth; broadly : the lateral aspect of the head. How to use cheek in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Cheek.
CHEEK definition: 1. the soft part of your face that is below your eye and between your mouth and ear: 2. behaviour…. Learn more.
noun. either side of the face below the eye and above the jaw. the side wall of the mouth between the upper and lower jaws. something resembling the side of the human face in form or position, as either of two parts forming corresponding sides of various objects: the cheeks of a vise. impudence or effrontery:
Your cheek is the part of your face under your eye and between your ear and nose. Your cheeks might turn bright red in embarrassment when you have to speak in public.
1. The fleshy part of either side of the face below the eye and between the nose and ear. 2. Something resembling the cheek in shape or position. 3. Either of the buttocks. 4. Impertinent boldness: had the cheek to insult his hosts. tr.v. cheeked, cheek·ing, cheeks Informal. To speak impudently to. Idiom: cheek by jowl.
You say that someone has a cheek when you are annoyed or shocked at something unreasonable that they have done. [ informal ] I'm amazed they had the cheek to ask in the first place.
Definition of cheek noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
CHEEK definition: 1. the soft part of your face below your eye: 2. rude behaviour that shows that you do not respect…. Learn more.
1. Your cheeks are the sides of your face below your eyes. [...] 2. Your cheeks are your buttocks. [...] 3. You say that someone has cheek when you are annoyed or shocked at something unreasonable that they have done. [mainly British, informal] [...]
noun. cheeks. Either side of the face between the nose and ear, below the eye. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Something resembling the cheek in shape or position. American Heritage Medicine. Either of two sides of a thing, as the sides of a doorjamb or the jaws of a vise. Webster's New World. Either of the buttocks. Webster's New World.
