cheek

Speech parts

1. cheek - Noun

2. cheek - Verb

3. Cheek - Proper noun

Meaning

The side of the face below the eye.

The cheek bone.

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.

The branches of a bridle bit.

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.

Cool confidence; assurance; impudence.

To be impudent or saucy to.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

moxie jawbone front chin mandible jamb naughtiness face mouth nerve brass sauce crust facial uptake
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Antonyms

respect consideration homage admiration humility modesty
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Hypernyms

feature speak talk disrespect lineament aggressiveness

Hyponyms

audacity audaciousness

Phrases with the word

tongue-in-cheek tongue-in-cheek story cheek by jowl with cheek by jole tongue firmly in cheek kiss on the cheek

Anagrams

keech

Examples

Look up, laugh loud, talk big, keep the color in your cheek and the fire in your eye, adorn your person, maintain your health, your beauty and your animal spirits. William Hazlitt

I don't deserve any credit for turning the other cheek as my tongue is always in it. Flannery O’Connor

Turning the other cheek is a kind of moral jiu-jitsu. Gerald Stanley Lee

The matchmaker gets three cups of wine when he succeeds and three slaps on the cheek when he fails. Korean Proverb

He who wipes the child's nose, means to kiss the mother's cheek. German Proverb

The time to slap a king is the time when a fly touches on his cheek. African Proverb

Close letter words and terms

cheebai cheechaco cheechako cheek bone cheek by jole cheek by jowl