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Definition of 'cheek' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) cheek
either side of the face below the eye and above the jaw.

2.  cheek
the side wall of the mouth between the upper and lower jaws.

3.  cheek
something likened to the side of the face, as either of two corresponding sides of an object:
the cheeks of a vise.

4.  cheek
impudence or effrontery.

5.  cheek
either of the buttocks.


Definition of 'cheek' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) cheek
either side of the face below the eyes

2. (noun) impudence, cheek, impertinence
an impudent statement

3. (noun) buttock, cheek
either of the two large fleshy masses of muscular tissue that form the human rump

4. (verb) boldness, nerve, brass, face, cheek
impudent aggressiveness
"I couldn't believe her boldness"; "he had the effrontery to question my honesty"

5. (verb) cheek
speak impudently to


Definition of 'cheek' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) cheek
one of two parts of sb's face under the eyes
***The tears ran down her cheeks.


Definition of 'cheek' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) cheek
the side of the face below the eye

2. (noun) cheek
the cheek bone

3. (noun) cheek
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

4. (noun) cheek
the branches of a bridle bit

5. (noun) cheek
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

6. (noun) cheek
cool confidence; assurance; impudence

7. (verb) cheek
to be impudent or saucy to


Definitions of 'cheek' The Roycroft Dictionary 

cheek
1. A drip-pan for tears.

2. Anciently, a part of the face; latterly, among women, the subsoil of rouge.

3. The principal asset of Ex-President Bombastes Furioso.


Translation of 'cheek' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the side of the face below the eye
pink cheeks.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: wang Arabic flag Arabic: خَدٌّ، وَجْنَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: буза
Brazilian flag Brazilian: bochecha Czech flag Czech: tvář German flag German: die Wange
Danish flag Danish: kind Greek flag Greek: μάγουλο Spanish flag Spanish: mejilla
Estonian flag Estonian: põsk Farsi flag Farsi: گونه Finnish flag Finnish: poski
French flag French: joue Hebrew flag Hebrew: לֶחִי Hindi flag Hindi: गाल
Croatian flag Croatian: obraz Hungarian flag Hungarian: arc Indonesian flag Indonesian: pipi
Icelandic flag Icelandic: kinn Italian flag Italian: guancia Japanese flag Japanese: 
Korean flag Korean:  Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: skruostas Latvian flag Latvian: vaigs
Malay flag Malay: pipi Dutch flag Dutch: wang Norwegian flag Norwegian: kinn
Polish flag Polish: policzek Persian flag Persian: گونه Pashto flag Pashto: گونه
Portuguese flag Portuguese: face Romanian flag Romanian: obraz Russian flag Russian: щека
Slovak flag Slovak: líce Slovenian flag Slovenian: lice Serbian flag Serbian: obraz
Swedish flag Swedish: kind Thai flag Thai: แก้ม Turkish flag Turkish: yanak
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 臉頰 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: щока Urdu flag Urdu: گال ، رخسار
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese:  Chinese flag Chinese: 面颊

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