cheek
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: anatomy
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biology
crafts
engineering
hobbies
lifestyle
medicine
metallurgy
metalworking
natural-sciences
nautical
physical-sciences
sciences
transport
Etymology: From Middle English cheeke, cheke, cheoke, choke, from Old English ċēce, ċēace, ċēoce (“cheek; jaw”), from Proto-West Germanic *kākā, *keukā (“jaw, cheek”), from Proto-Germanic *kēkǭ, *keukǭ (“jaw; palate; pharynx”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *ǵyewh₁- (“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”).
Inflected forms:
form: cheeks
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: cheeks
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: cheeking
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: cheeked
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: cheeked
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: The soft skin on each side of the face, below the eyes; the outer surface of the sides of the oral cavity.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: There are some shrewd contents in yon same paper, / That steals the colours from Bassanio's cheek: / Some dear friend dead; else nothing in the world / Could turn so much the constitution / Of any constant man. What, worse and worse!— […]
gloss: The lower part of the buttocks that is often exposed beneath very brief underwear, swimwear, or extremely short shorts.
pos: noun
tags: countable
informal
plural-normally
uncountable
gloss: Impudence.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
informal
uncountable
examples: You’ve got some cheek, asking me for money!
gloss: One of the genae, flat areas on the sides of a trilobite's cephalon.
pos: noun
tags: countable
informal
uncountable
gloss: One of the pieces of a machine, or of timber or stonework, that form corresponding sides or a similar pair.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: the cheeks of a vice
the cheeks of a gun carriage
gloss: One of the pieces of a machine, or of timber or stonework, that form corresponding sides or a similar pair.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The branches of a bridle bit.
pos: noun
tags: countable
in-plural
uncountable
gloss: Either side of an axehead.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The middle section of a flask, made so that it can be moved laterally, to permit the removal of the pattern from the mould.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: To be impudent towards.
pos: verb
examples: Don't cheek me, you little rascal!
We did not like him much because he kissed us and was preachy when we cheeked pretty Tallie, who did not rule over us as Dede did […]
We cheeked him over the fence until he chased us off, and then we went down to the Walton Road and cheeked the carters, keeping on the other side of the hedge so.
'Well, I do live next door,' I said, in no way antagonistically, and yet I immediately felt as if I had cheeked the headmistress.
gloss: To pull a horse's head back toward the saddle using the cheek strap of the bridle.
pos: verb
examples: Such horses might need to be "cheeked" for a while.
Thurman caught the bridle headstall and cheeked the horse's head near his left knee when he swung aboard.
He cheeked the horse and stepped into the saddle.
gloss: To put or keep something in one’s cheek.
pos: verb
examples: The squirrel cheeked some nuts before heading back to its nest.
Related words: buccal
genal
Derived words: bench cheek
booty cheek
butment cheek
butt-cheek
cheek-bone
cheek bone
cheekbone
cheek-by-jowl
cheek by jowl
cheeked
cheeker
cheek for chowl
cheekful
cheek guard
cheekie
cheekini
cheekless
cheekpiece
cheek plate
cheek pouch
cheek to cheek
cheek to jowl
cheek-to-jowl
cheek tooth
cheeky
chock full
doorcheek
face cheek
fixed cheek
free cheek
slapped cheek syndrome
spiny-cheek sleeper
tongue firmly in cheek
tongue in cheek
tongue-in-cheek
to one's own cheek
tuftedcheek
turn the other cheek
with one's tongue in one's cheek
with tongue in cheek
cheek it out
cheek it through
cheek up
cheek up to
Translations:
lang: Abkhaz
word: аʒамҩа
roman: aʒamjʷa
lang: Afrikaans
word: wang
lang: Dupaningan Agta
word: padingel
lang: Ahom
word: 𑜀𑜧𑜪
roman: kawṃ
lang: Albanian
word: faqe
lang: Southern Altai
word: јаак
roman: ǰaak
lang: Amharic
word: ጉንጭ
roman: gunč̣
lang: Angloromani
word: cham
lang: Apabhramsa
word: कवोल
lang: Apabhramsa
word: 𑆑𑆮𑆾𑆬
lang: Arabic
word: خَدّ
roman: ḵadd
lang: Arabic
word: وَجْنَة
roman: wajna
lang: Arabic
word: خد
roman: ḵadd
lang: Arabic
word: حنك
roman: ḥank
lang: Aragonese
word: caixo
lang: Armenian
word: թուշ
roman: tʻuš
lang: Armenian
word: այտ
roman: ayt
lang: Aromanian
word: maste
lang: Aromanian
word: bucã
lang: Asturian
word: papu
lang: Asturian
word: carriellu
lang: Asturian
word: mexella
lang: Avar
word: кӏаркьен
roman: kʼarkkˡʼen
lang: Azerbaijani
word: yanaq
lang: Azerbaijani
word: ovurd
lang: West Coast Bajau
word: papa
lang: Bambara
word: dafuruku
lang: Bangi
word: litama
lang: Bashkir
word: яңаҡ
roman: yañaq
lang: Basque
word: masail
lang: Belarusian
word: шчака́
roman: ščaká
lang: Belarusian
word: палі́чка
roman: palíčka
lang: Bengali
word: গাল
roman: gal
lang: Bau Bidayuh
word: panding
lang: Bau Bidayuh
word: paning
lang: Bouyei
word: jeemc
lang: Breton
word: boc'h
lang: Breton
word: jod
lang: Bulgarian
word: бу́за
roman: búza
lang: Bulgarian
word: страна́
roman: straná
lang: Burmese
word: ပါး
roman: pa:
lang: Catalan
word: galta
lang: Cebuano
word: aping
lang: Chechen
word: бесни
roman: besni
lang: Chepang
word: गेर्
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 面珠
roman: min⁶ zyu¹
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 臉頰 /脸颊
roman: liǎnjiá
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 腮
roman: sāi
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 腮幫子 /腮帮子
roman: sāibāngzi
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 臉蛋 /脸蛋
roman: liǎndàn
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 臉蛋子 /脸蛋子
roman: liǎndànzi
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 面頰 /面颊
roman: miànjiá
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 臉皮 /脸皮
roman: liǎnpí
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 頰 /颊
roman: jiá
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 腮頰 /腮颊
roman: sāijiá
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 兩頰 /两颊
roman: liǎngjiá
lang: Teochew
word: 脥肍 /𣍰肍
roman: gih⁴ gao¹
lang: Ngazidja Comorian
word: travu
lang: Coptic
word: ⲟⲩⲟϫⲓ
roman: ouoji
lang: Cornish
word: bogh
lang: Cree
word: mikwaskonew
lang: Czech
word: líčko
lang: Danish
word: kind
lang: Dhivehi
word: ކޯ
roman: kō
lang: Dolgan
word: hyngäk
lang: Dongxiang
word: qycha
lang: Dongxiang
word: qyža
lang: Central Dusun
word: pingas
lang: Dutch
word: wang
lang: Dutch
word: koon
lang: Dutch
word: kaak
lang: Dutch
word: bak
lang: Egyptian
word: mn:n-D:t-D19
roman: mnḏt
lang: Erzya
word: чамабока
roman: čamaboka
lang: Esperanto
word: vango
lang: Estonian
word: põsk
lang: Finnish
word: poski
lang: French
word: joue
lang: West-Frisian
word: wang
lang: Galician
word: meixela
lang: Galician
word: fazula
lang: Galician
word: bochecho
lang: Galician
word: froia
lang: Galician
word: queixada
lang: Georgian
word: ლოყა
roman: loq̇a
lang: Georgian
word: ღაწვი
roman: ɣac̣vi
lang: German
word: Backe
lang: German
word: Wange
lang: Gothic
word: 𐌺𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌿𐍃
roman: kinnus
lang: Greek
word: μάγουλο
roman: mágoulo
lang: Greek
word: ζυγωματικά
roman: zygomatiká
lang: Ancient Greek
word: παρειά
roman: pareiá
lang: Cypriot Greek
word: βούκκος
roman: voúkkos
lang: Cypriot Greek
word: βούκκα
roman: voúkka
lang: Greenlandic
word: uluak
lang: Greenlandic
word: ersaq
lang: Gujarati
word: ગાલ
roman: gāl
lang: Guugu Yimidhirr
word: nhumbul
lang: Guugu Yimidhirr
word: gaman
lang: Haida
word: ts'at
lang: Hausa
word: kunci
lang: Hawaiian
word: pāpālina
lang: Hebrew
word: לֶחִי
roman: lekhí, lékhi
lang: Higaonon
word: pipi
lang: Hindi
word: गाल
roman: gāl
lang: White Hmong
word: plhu
lang: Hungarian
word: orca
lang: Icelandic
word: kinn
lang: Ido
word: vango
lang: Indonesian
word: pipi
lang: Iranun
word: bias
lang: Irish
word: leiceann
lang: Irish
word: grua
lang: Irish
word: pluc
lang: Italian
word: guancia
lang: Italian
word: gota
lang: Japanese
word: 頬
lang: Japanese
word: ほっぺた
roman: hoppeta
lang: Japanese
word: ほっぺ
roman: hoppe
lang: Kabuverdianu
word: buxexa
lang: Kannada
word: ಗಲ್ಲ
roman: galla
lang: Karachay-Balkar
word: жыякъ
roman: jıyaq
lang: Kaurna
word: marltaitya
lang: Kaurna
word: marltawarta
lang: Kazakh
word: бет
roman: bet
lang: Ket
word: qolet
lang: Ket
word: qoledäng
lang: Ket
word: qoleräng
lang: Khmer
word: ថ្ពាល់
roman: thpŏəl
lang: Kikuyu
word: ikai
lang: Kikuyu
word: rũthĩa
lang: Kimaragang
word: pingas
lang: Kituba
word: ditama
lang: Korean
word: 볼
roman: bol
lang: Korean
word: 뺨
roman: ppyam
lang: Central Kurdish
word: گووپ
roman: gûp
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: gep
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: alek
lang: Kyrgyz
word: бет
roman: bet
lang: Kyrgyz
word: жаак
roman: jaak
lang: Kyrgyz
word: жаңак
roman: jaŋak
lang: Ladin
word: masela
lang: Lao
word: ແກ້ມ
roman: kǣm
lang: Latgalian
word: byuds
lang: Latin
word: gena
lang: Latin
word: bucca
lang: Latvian
word: vaigs
lang: Lingala
word: litama
lang: Lithuanian
word: skrúostas
lang: Lotud
word: pingas
lang: Lü
word: ᦶᦂᧄᧉ
roman: k̇aem²
lang: Luba-Kasai
word: ditama
lang: Luba-Katanga
word: ditama
lang: Lushootseed
word: dxʷʔilaladiʔ
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Bak
lang: Macedonian
word: образ
roman: obraz
lang: Malay
word: pipi
lang: Maltese
word: ħadd
lang: Manchu
word: ᡧᠠᡴᡧᠠᡥᠠ
roman: šakšaha
lang: Manchu
word: ᡶᡠᠯᠴᡳᠨ
roman: fulcin
lang: Mansaka
word: pisngi
lang: Māori
word: pāpāringa
lang: Māori
word: peka
lang: Marathi
word: गाल
roman: gāl
lang: Mazanderani
word: بیج
roman: bij
lang: Central Melanau
word: pipei
lang: Middle English
word: cheke
lang: Mingrelian
word: ღვანწკი
roman: ɣvanc̣ḳi
lang: Mizo
word: biang
lang: Moksha
word: щёка
roman: ščoka
lang: Mongolian
word: хацар
roman: xacar
lang: Tagal Murut
word: pingal
lang: Timugon Murut
word: pingas
lang: Khiamniungan Naga
word: ūo
lang: Classical Nahuatl
word: cantli
lang: Nepali
word: गाला
roman: gālā
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: kinn
lang: Occitan
word: gauta
lang: Ojibwe
word: ninow
lang: Old Church Slavonic
word: ланита
roman: lanita
lang: Oromo
word: maddii
lang: Pali
word: kapola
lang: Pannonian Rusyn
word: лїцо
roman: ljico
lang: Pashto
word: باړخو
roman: bāṛxú
lang: Pennsylvania German
word: Backe
lang: Pennsylvania German
word: Wange
lang: Dari
word: کومَه
roman: kōma
lang: Iranian Persian
word: گونِه
roman: gune
lang: Iranian Persian
word: لُپ
roman: lop
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Bak
lang: Polish
word: policzek
lang: Portuguese
word: bochecha
lang: Prakrit
word: 𑀓𑀯𑁄𑀮
roman: kavola
lang: Prakrit
word: 𑀕𑀮𑁆𑀮
roman: galla
lang: Prakrit
word: 𑀕𑀁𑀟
roman: gaṃḍa
lang: Romani
word: ćham
lang: Kalo Finnish Romani
word: tšam
lang: Romanian
word: obraz
lang: Romanian
word: bucă
lang: Romansh
word: missella
lang: Romansh
word: missiala
lang: Romansh
word: misseala
lang: Romansh
word: missela
lang: Romansh
word: massella
lang: Rungus
word: porilling
lang: Russian
word: щека́
roman: ščeká
lang: Sabah Bisaya
word: bingal
lang: Inari-Sami
word: nierâ
lang: Northern Sami
word: muohtu
lang: Skolt-Sami
word: njiõrr
lang: Southern Sami
word: searome
lang: Sanskrit
word: गण्ड
roman: gaṇḍa
lang: Sanskrit
word: कपोल
roman: kapola
lang: Sanskrit
word: see Thesaurus:गल्ल
lang: Santali
word: ᱛᱷᱚᱛᱱᱟ
roman: thôtna
lang: Sardinian
word: cantelza
lang: Sardinian
word: canterza
lang: Sardinian
word: càvana
lang: Sardinian
word: càvanu
lang: Sardinian
word: mansidda
lang: Sardinian
word: massidda
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: gruaidh
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: pluic
lang: Sebop
word: pinga
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: о̀браз
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: òbraz
lang: Shor
word: наақ
roman: naaq
lang: Sinhalese
word: කම්මුල
roman: kammula
lang: Slovak
word: tvár
lang: Slovak
word: líce
lang: Slovene
word: lice
lang: Somali
word: dhaban
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: lico
lang: Sotho
word: lerama
lang: Spanish
word: mejilla
lang: Spanish
word: cacha
lang: Spanish
word: cachete
lang: Spanish
word: carrillo
lang: Svan
word: ჰაყბა
roman: haq̇ba
lang: Swahili
word: shavu
lang: Swedish
word: kind
lang: Tagalog
word: pisngi
lang: Tajik
word: гуна
roman: guna
lang: Tamil
word: கன்னம்
roman: kaṉṉam
lang: Taos
word: tʼàmų́na
lang: Tarifit
word: agemmiẓ
lang: Tatar
word: яңак
roman: yañaq
lang: Tày
word: kẻm
lang: Telugu
word: చెంప
roman: cempa
lang: Thai
word: แก้ม
roman: gɛ̂ɛm
lang: Tibetan
word: འགྲམ་པ
lang: Tigrinya
word: ጉንጪ
roman: gunč̣i
lang: Turkish
word: yanak
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: یناق
roman: yanaq
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: خد
roman: hadd
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: رخ
roman: ruh
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: عارض
roman: ʿariz
lang: Turkmen
word: ýaňak
lang: Ukrainian
word: щока́
roman: ščoká
lang: Urdu
word: گال
roman: gāl
lang: Uyghur
word: مەڭز
roman: mengz
lang: Uzbek
word: yonoq
lang: Venetan
word: ganasa
lang: Vietnamese
word: má
lang: Volapük
word: cüg
lang: Waray-Waray
word: bay-hon
lang: Welsh
word: boch
lang: Welsh
word: grudd
lang: Woiwurrung
word: wang
lang: Wolof
word: lex
lang: Xhosa
word: isidlele
lang: Yakut
word: иэдэс
roman: iedes
lang: Yiddish
word: באַק
roman: bak
lang: Yoruba
word: ẹ̀rẹ̀kẹ́
lang: Zhuang
word: gemj
lang: Zulu
word: isihlathi
lang: Armenian
word: թուշ
roman: tʻuš
lang: Aromanian
word: bucã
lang: Bulgarian
word: бу́за
roman: búza
lang: Catalan
word: natja
lang: Czech
word: půlka
lang: Danish
word: balde
lang: Dutch
word: bil
lang: Esperanto
word: sidvango
lang: Finnish
word: pakara
lang: Finnish
word: pyllyposki
lang: Finnish
word: peppuposki
lang: French
word: fesse
lang: Galician
word: nádega
lang: Galician
word: cacha
lang: German
word: Backe
lang: Greek
word: κωλομέρι
roman: koloméri
lang: Italian
word: chiappa
lang: Korean
word: 볼기
roman: bolgi
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: qalçe
lang: Macedonian
word: фелка
roman: felka
lang: Māori
word: reherehe
lang: Māori
word: kuruhope
lang: Māori
word: reperepe
lang: Māori
word: tāreperepe
lang: Portuguese
word: nádega
lang: Portuguese
word: bunda
lang: Romanian
word: bucă
lang: Russian
word: щека́
roman: ščeká
lang: Russian
word: полупо́пие
roman: polupópije
lang: Spanish
word: nalga
lang: Spanish
word: glúteo
lang: Swahili
word: tako
lang: Swedish
word: skinka
lang: Turkish
word: yanak
lang: Vietnamese
word: đít
lang: Volapük
word: glüet