cheek
cheek Lexical Profile
cheek Game Scores & Validity
• noun
Either side of the face below the eye and between the nose and the ear.
"Tears of joy rolled down her cheeks when she heard the news."
British Impertinent, bold, or disrespectful speech or behavior; audacity.
"He had the cheek to ask for a promotion after arriving late all week."
Either of the buttocks (informal).
"He bruised his left cheek when he slipped on the icy pavement."
Either of two upright side pieces in a frame, doorway, or mechanical tool such as a vise or pulley block.
"The carpenter tightened the wooden cheeks of the workbench vise."
• verb
British To speak impertinently or disrespectfully to someone.
"The student was sent to the principal's office for cheeking the teacher."
• Rhymes for cheek
Word Origin & Etymology
From Old English cēace, meaning 'jaw' or 'jawbone', derived from Proto-Germanic *kaukōn. Over the Middle English period, the primary sense shifted from the bone of the jaw to the fleshy side of the face.