Cheek
[tʃiːk] or [tʃik]
Definition
(noun.) either side of the face below the eyes.
(verb.) speak impudently to.
Editor: Winthrop--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The side of the face below the eye.
(n.) The cheek bone.
(n.) 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.
(n.) The branches of a bridle bit.
(n.) 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.
(n.) Cool confidence; assurance; impudence.
(v. t.) To be impudent or saucy to.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Side of the face.[2]. [Colloquial.] Boldness, impudence, insolence, impertinence, sauciness, assurance, audacity, presumption, face, front, effrontery, brass.
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Definition
n. the side of the face below the eye the fleshy lateral wall of the mouth: effrontery impudence as in 'to have the cheek' to do anything 'to give cheek:' one of the side-posts of a door or window: the cheek-strap of a horse's bridle the ring at the end of the bit: anything arranged in internal pairs.—v.t. to address insolently.—ns. Cheek′bone the bone of the cheek; Cheek′-pouch a dilatation of the skin of the cheek forming a bag outside the teeth as in monkeys &c.; Cheek′-tooth a molar tooth.—adj. Cheek′y insolent saucy.—Cheek by jowl side by side.—To one's own cheek for one's own private use.
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Examples
- That consisted of two matchless lips and a cheek only, her head being still enveloped. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- As Celia bent over the paper, Dorothea put her cheek against her sister's arm caressingly. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- At the thought he laid down his knife and fork again, and a flush of anxiety rose to his finely-wrinkled cheek. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- His eyes shone, and his cheek was flushed with the exhilaration of the master workman who sees his work lie ready before him. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- She turned aside her head; the neck, the clear cheek, forsaken by their natural veil, were seen to flush warm. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Thus for ten days Little Dorrit bent over his pillow, laying her cheek against his. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Augustine's cheek flushed; but he only observed, with his usual sarcastic carelessness. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I shall no longer see the sun or stars, or feel the winds play on my cheeks. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- She's not dead: her eye-lids are quivering, and here's wet tears a-coming down her cheeks. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Tears rolled silently down Rosamond's cheeks; she just pressed her handkerchief against them, and stood looking at the large vase on the mantel-piece. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Mr. Bhaer saw the drops on her cheeks, though she turned her head away. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Receive at parting;' here he gave him a southern embrace, and kissed him soundly on both cheeks; 'the word of a gentleman! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Meg saw the girls glance at it and then at one another, and her cheeks began to burn, for with all her gentleness she was very proud. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- She paused again, a little breathless with the unwonted length of her speech, and sat with her lips slightly parted and a deep blush on her cheeks. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- He was a Tyrolese, broad, rather flat-cheeked, with a pale, pock-marked skin and flourishing moustaches. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Small, shining, neat, methodical, and buxom was Miss Peecher; cherry-cheeked and tuneful of voice. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He was hollow-cheeked and pale, almost unearthly. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Our waste goes into the best of company, sir, on her rosy-cheeked little customers. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- And now,' said Miss Jenny, 'having knocked off my rosy-cheeked young friends, I'll knock off my white-cheeked self. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- A smooth-cheeked, fresh-coloured, sandy-whiskered man of thirty. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Agustín, tall and sunken cheeked, stood up and came over to him. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
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