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Definition cheek

Etymology

From Middle English cheeke, cheke, cheoke, choke, from Old English ??ce, ??ace, ??oce (“cheek; jaw”), from Proto-Germanic *kek?, *k?k?, *kak?, *kauk?, *keuk? (“jaw; palate; pharynx”), from Proto-Indo-European *?yewh?- (“to chew”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Sooke (“cheek”), West Frisian tsjeak (“jaw”), Dutch kaak (“jaw; cheek”), Swedish käke (“jaw; jowl”), Norwegian kjake (“jaw”), Old Norse kók (“mouth; gullet”).

Noun

cheek (countable and uncountable, plural cheeks)

  1. (anatomy) The soft skin on each side of the face, below the eyes; the outer surface of the sides of the oral cavity.
  2. (anatomy, informal, usually in the plural) A buttock.
  3. (informal, uncountable) Impudence.
  4. (biology, informal) One of the genae, flat areas on the sides of a trilobite's cephalon.
  5. One of the pieces of a machine, or of timber or stonework, that form corresponding sides or a similar pair.
    1. (nautical) pump-cheek, pump-cheeks, a piece of wood cut out fork-shaped in which the brake is fastened by means of a bolt and can thus move around and move the upper box of the pump up and down
  6. (in the plural) The branches of a bridle bit.
  7. (metalworking) The middle section of a flask, made so that it can be moved laterally, to permit the removal of the pattern from the mould.

Verb

cheek (third-person singular simple present cheeks, present participle cheeking, simple past and past participle cheeked)

  1. To be impudent towards.

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