'Cheek' definitions:
Definition of 'cheek'
(from WordNet)
noun
Either side of the face below the eyes
noun
An impudent statement [syn: impudence, cheek, impertinence]
noun
Either of the two large fleshy masses of muscular tissue that form the human rump [syn: buttock, cheek]
noun
Impudent aggressiveness; "I couldn't believe her boldness"; "he had the effrontery to question my honesty" [syn: boldness, nerve, brass, face, cheek]
verb
Speak impudently to
Definition of 'Cheek'
From: GCIDE
- Cheek \Cheek\ (ch[=e]k), n. [OE. cheke, cheoke, AS. ce[`a]ce, ce[`o]ce; cf. Goth. kukjan to kiss, D. kaak cheek; perh. akin to E. chew, jaw.]
- 1. The side of the face below the eye. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The cheek bone. [Obs.] --Caucer. [1913 Webster]
- 3. pl. (Mech.) Those pieces of a machine, or of any timber, or stone work, which form corresponding sides, or which are similar and in pair; as, the cheeks (jaws) of a vise; the cheeks of a gun carriage, etc. [1913 Webster]
- 4. pl. The branches of a bridle bit. --Knight. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Founding) A section of a flask, so made that it can be moved laterally, to permit the removal of the pattern from the mold; the middle part of a flask. [1913 Webster]
- 6. Cool confidence; assurance; impudence. [Slang] [1913 Webster]
- Cheek of beef. See Illust. of Beef.
- Cheek bone (Anat.) the bone of the side of the face; esp., the malar bone.
- Cheek by jowl, side by side; very intimate.
- Cheek pouch (Zool.), a sacklike dilation of the cheeks of certain monkeys and rodents, used for holding food.
- Cheeks of a block, the two sides of the shell of a tackle block.
- Cheeks of a mast, the projection on each side of a mast, upon which the trestletrees rest.
- Cheek tooth (Anat.), a hinder or molar tooth.
- Butment cheek. See under Butment. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Cheek'
From: GCIDE
- Cheek \Cheek\ (ch[=e]k), v. t. To be impudent or saucy to. [Slang.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'cheek'
From: Easton
- Cheek Smiting on the cheek was accounted a grievous injury and insult (Job 16:10; Lam. 3:30; Micah 5:1). The admonition (Luke 6:29), "Unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other," means simply, "Resist not evil" (Matt. 5:39; 1 Pet. 2:19-23). Ps. 3:7 = that God had deprived his enemies of the power of doing him injury.
Synonyms of 'cheek'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- arse,
- ass,
- backside,
- bank,
- beam,
- behind,
- border,
- bottom,
- brashness,
- brass,
- brazen boldness,
- breech,
- broadside,
- bum,
- butt,
- can,
- cheeks,
- chop,
- chutzpah,
- coast,
- confidence,
- crust,
- derriere,
- duff,
- face,
- fanny,
- flank,
- gall,
- hand,
- handedness,
- haunch,
- heroics,
- hip,
- hubris,
- improvidence,
- imprudence,
- impudence,
- indiscretion,
- injudiciousness,
- insolence,
- jowl,
- keister,
- laterality,
- many-sidedness,
- multilaterality,
- nerve,
- overboldness,
- overcarelessness,
- overconfidence,
- oversureness,
- overweeningness,
- planking,
- prat,
- presumption,
- profile,
- quarter,
- rashness,
- rusty-dusty,
- shore,
- side,
- siding,
- stern,
- tail,
- temerariousness,
- temerity,
- temple,
- tuchis,
- tush,
- tushy,
- unchariness,
- unilaterality,
- unwariness
Words containing 'Cheek'
- Cheeked,
- Butment cheek,
- Cheek bone,
- Cheek by jowl,
- Cheek of beef,
- Cheek pouch,
- Cheek tooth,
- Cheeks of a block,
- Cheeks of a mast,
- Ingle cheek,
- cheek muscle,
- rosy cheeked,
- tongue in cheek,
- turn the other cheek,
- mail-cheeked,
- rose-cheeked,
- rosy-cheeked,
- tongue-in-cheek,
- bantering facetious tongue-in-cheek witty