cheek
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cheek/tʃiːk/
▶noun
- 1 either side of the face below the eye.
- 2 either of the buttocks.
- 3 either of two side pieces or parts arranged in lateral pairs in a structure.
- 4 rude or disrespectful talk or behaviour.
– phrases
cheek by jowl close together.
cheek to cheek (of a couple dancing) with their heads close together in a romantic way.
turn the other cheek refrain from retaliating after an attack or insult. [with biblical allusion to Matt. 5:39.]
cheek by jowl close together.
cheek to cheek (of a couple dancing) with their heads close together in a romantic way.
turn the other cheek refrain from retaliating after an attack or insult. [with biblical allusion to Matt. 5:39.]
– derivatives
-cheeked adjective.
-cheeked adjective.
– origin OE cē(a)ce, cēoce ‘cheek, jaw’, of W. Gmc origin.
'cheek' also found in these Oxford entries:
buccal
- buccinator
- buckle
- cackle
- chap
- chipmunk
- choke
- debouch
- goldeneye
- hamster
- jaw
- jowl
- kangaroo mouse
- kangaroo rat
- leer
- macaque
- malar
- masseter
- mutton chop whiskers
- sass
- suck
- tongue
- tongue-in-cheek
- wattlebird
- zygoma
- zygomatic bone
