name
Meaning 1
A pre-Norman surname.
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Standard Lemma guide
cheek
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Sound
Pronunciation
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chēk
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name
Meaning 2
An unincorporated community in Carter County, Oklahoma, United States.
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name
Meaning 3
An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Texas, United States, established by John R. Cheek.
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noun
Meaning 4
The soft skin on each side of the face, below the eyes; the outer surface of the sides of the oral cavity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: wang
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
The lower part of the buttocks that is often exposed beneath very brief underwear, swimwear, or extremely short shorts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, informal, plural-normally, uncountable
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: arsecheek, asscheek, butt cheek, nether cheek
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
Impudence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, informal, uncountable
Examples
- You’ve got some cheek, asking me for money!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: impertinence, impudence, brass neck, nerve, sass, chutzpah
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
One of the genae, flat areas on the sides of a trilobite's cephalon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, informal, uncountable
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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noun
Meaning 8
One of the pieces of a machine, or of timber or stonework, that form corresponding sides or a similar pair.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- the cheeks of a vice
- the cheeks of a gun carriage
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 9
One of the pieces of a machine, or of timber or stonework, that form corresponding sides or a similar pair.
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
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: nautical, transport
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noun
Meaning 10
The branches of a bridle bit.
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Usage: countable, in-plural, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 11
Either side of an axehead.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 12
The middle section of a flask, made so that it can be moved laterally, to permit the removal of the pattern from the mould.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: arts, crafts, engineering, hobbies, lifestyle, metallurgy, metalworking, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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verb
Meaning 13
To be impudent towards.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Don't cheek me, you little rascal!
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verb
Meaning 14
To pull a horse's head back toward the saddle using the cheek strap of the bridle.
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verb
Meaning 15
To put or keep something in one’s cheek.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The squirrel cheeked some nuts before heading back to its nest.
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noun
Meaning 16
impudent aggressiveness
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- I couldn't believe her boldness
- he had the effrontery to question my honesty
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: boldness, nerve, brass, face
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: aggressiveness
Narrower terms: audacity, audaciousness
noun
Meaning 17
either of the two large fleshy masses of muscular tissue that form the human rump
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: buttock
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: body part
noun
Meaning 18
either side of the face below the eyes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: feature, lineament
noun
Meaning 19
an impudent statement
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: impudence, impertinence
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: disrespect, discourtesy
verb
Meaning 20
speak impudently to
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: talk, speak
History
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”).
Across languages
Translations
349 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Abkhaz: аʒамҩа (aʒamjwa) — part of face
- Afrikaans: wang — part of face
- Dupaningan Agta: padingel — part of face
- Ahom: 𑜀𑜧𑜪 (kawṃ) — part of face
- Albanian: faqe — part of face
- Southern Altai: јаак (ǰaak) — part of face
- Amharic: ጉንጭ (gunč̣) — part of face
- Angloromani: cham — part of face
- Apabhramsa: कवोल — part of face
- Apabhramsa: 𑆑𑆮𑆾𑆬 — part of face
- Arabic: خَدّ (ḵadd) — part of face
- Arabic: وَجْنَة (wajna) — part of face
- Arabic: خد (ḵadd) — part of face
- Arabic: حنك (ḥank) — part of face
- Aragonese: caixo — part of face
- Armenian: թուշ (tʻuš) — part of face
- Armenian: այտ (ayt) — part of face
- Aromanian: maste — part of face
- Aromanian: bucã — part of face
- Asturian: papu — part of face
- Asturian: carriellu — part of face
- Asturian: mexella — part of face
- Avar: кӏаркьен (kʼarkklʼen) — part of face
- Azerbaijani: yanaq — part of face
- Azerbaijani: ovurd — part of face
- West Coast Bajau: papa — part of face
- Bambara: dafuruku — part of face
- Bangi: litama — part of face
- Bashkir: яңаҡ (yañaq) — part of face
- Basque: masail — part of face
- Belarusian: шчака́ (ščaká) — part of face
- Belarusian: палі́чка (palíčka) — part of face
- Bengali: গাল (gal) — part of face
- Bau Bidayuh: panding — part of face
- Bau Bidayuh: paning — part of face
- Bouyei: jeemc — part of face
- Breton: boc'h — part of face
- Breton: jod — part of face
- Bulgarian: бу́за (búza) — part of face
- Bulgarian: страна́ (straná) — part of face
- Burmese: ပါး (pa:) — part of face
- Catalan: galta — part of face
- Cebuano: aping — part of face
- Chechen: бесни (besni) — part of face
- Chepang: गेर् — part of face
- Chinese Cantonese: 面珠 (min6 zyu1) — part of face
- Chinese Mandarin: 臉頰 /脸颊 (liǎnjiá) — part of face
- Chinese Mandarin: 腮 (sāi) — part of face
- Chinese Mandarin: 腮幫子 /腮帮子 (sāibāngzi) — part of face
- Chinese Mandarin: 臉蛋 /脸蛋 (liǎndàn) — part of face
- Chinese Mandarin: 臉蛋子 /脸蛋子 (liǎndànzi) — part of face
- Chinese Mandarin: 面頰 /面颊 (miànjiá) — part of face
- Chinese Mandarin: 臉皮 /脸皮 (liǎnpí) — part of face
- Chinese Mandarin: 頰 /颊 (jiá) — part of face
- Chinese Mandarin: 腮頰 /腮颊 (sāijiá) — part of face
- Chinese Mandarin: 兩頰 /两颊 (liǎngjiá) — part of face
- Teochew: 脥肍 /𣍰肍 (gih4 gao1) — part of face
- Ngazidja Comorian: travu — part of face
- Coptic: ⲟⲩⲟϫⲓ (ouoji) — part of face
- Cornish: bogh — part of face
- Cree: mikwaskonew — part of face
- Czech: líčko — part of face
- Danish: kind — part of face
- Dhivehi: ކޯ (kō) — part of face
- Dolgan: hyngäk — part of face
- Dongxiang: qycha — part of face
- Dongxiang: qyža — part of face
- Central Dusun: pingas — part of face
- Dutch: wang — part of face
- Dutch: koon — part of face
- Dutch: kaak — part of face
- Dutch: bak — part of face
- Egyptian: mn:n-D:t-D19 (mnḏt) — part of face
- Erzya: чамабока (čamaboka) — part of face
- Esperanto: vango — part of face
- Estonian: põsk — part of face
- Finnish: poski — part of face
- French: joue — part of face
- West-Frisian: wang — part of face
- Galician: meixela — part of face
- Galician: fazula — part of face
- Galician: bochecho — part of face
- Galician: froia — part of face
- Galician: queixada — part of face
- Georgian: ლოყა (loq̇a) — part of face
- Georgian: ღაწვი (ɣac̣vi) — part of face
- German: Backe — part of face
- German: Wange — part of face
- Gothic: 𐌺𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌿𐍃 (kinnus) — part of face
- Greek: μάγουλο (mágoulo) — part of face
- Greek: ζυγωματικά (zygomatiká) — part of face
- Ancient Greek: παρειά (pareiá) — part of face
- Cypriot Greek: βούκκος (voúkkos) — part of face
- Cypriot Greek: βούκκα (voúkka) — part of face
- Greenlandic: uluak — part of face
- Greenlandic: ersaq — part of face
- Gujarati: ગાલ (gāl) — part of face
- Guugu Yimidhirr: nhumbul — part of face
- Guugu Yimidhirr: gaman — part of face
- Haida: ts'at — part of face
- Hausa: kunci — part of face
- Hawaiian: pāpālina — part of face
- Hebrew: לֶחִי (lekhí, lékhi) — part of face
- Higaonon: pipi — part of face
- Hindi: गाल (gāl) — part of face
- White Hmong: plhu — part of face
- Hungarian: orca — part of face
- Icelandic: kinn — part of face
- Ido: vango — part of face
- Indonesian: pipi — part of face
- Iranun: bias — part of face
- Irish: leiceann — part of face
- Irish: grua — part of face
- Irish: pluc — part of face
- Italian: guancia — part of face
- Italian: gota — part of face
- Japanese: 頬 — part of face
- Japanese: ほっぺた (hoppeta) — part of face
- Japanese: ほっぺ (hoppe) — part of face
- Kabuverdianu: buxexa — part of face
- Kannada: ಗಲ್ಲ (galla) — part of face
- Karachay-Balkar: жыякъ (jıyaq) — part of face
- Kaurna: marltaitya — part of face
- Kaurna: marltawarta — part of face
- Kazakh: бет (bet) — part of face
- Ket: qolet — part of face
- Ket: qoledäng — part of face
- Ket: qoleräng — part of face
- Khmer: ថ្ពាល់ (thpŏəl) — part of face
- Kikuyu: ikai — part of face
- Kikuyu: rũthĩa — part of face
- Kimaragang: pingas — part of face
- Kituba: ditama — part of face
- Korean: 볼 (bol) — part of face
- Korean: 뺨 (ppyam) — part of face
- Central Kurdish: گووپ (gûp) — part of face
- Northern Kurdish: gep — part of face
- Northern Kurdish: alek — part of face
- Kyrgyz: бет (bet) — part of face
- Kyrgyz: жаак (jaak) — part of face
- Kyrgyz: жаңак (jaŋak) — part of face
- Ladin: masela — part of face
- Lao: ແກ້ມ (kǣm) — part of face
- Latgalian: byuds — part of face
- Latin: gena — part of face
- Latin: bucca — part of face
- Latvian: vaigs — part of face
- Lingala: litama — part of face
- Lithuanian: skrúostas — part of face
- Lotud: pingas — part of face
- Lü: ᦶᦂᧄᧉ (k̇aem2) — part of face
- Luba-Kasai: ditama — part of face
- Luba-Katanga: ditama — part of face
- Lushootseed: dxwʔilaladiʔ — part of face
- Luxembourgish: Bak — part of face
- Macedonian: образ (obraz) — part of face
- Malay: pipi — part of face
- Maltese: ħadd — part of face
- Manchu: ᡧᠠᡴᡧᠠᡥᠠ (šakšaha) — part of face
- Manchu: ᡶᡠᠯᠴᡳᠨ (fulcin) — part of face
- Mansaka: pisngi — part of face
- Māori: pāpāringa — part of face
- Māori: peka — part of face
- Marathi: गाल (gāl) — part of face
- Mauritian Creole: lazou — part of face
- Mazanderani: بیج (bij) — part of face
- Central Melanau: pipei — part of face
- Middle English: cheke — part of face
- Mingrelian: ღვანწკი (ɣvanc̣ḳi) — part of face
- Mizo: biang — part of face
- Moksha: щёка (ščoka) — part of face
- Mongolian: хацар (xacar) — part of face
- Tagal Murut: pingal — part of face
- Timugon Murut: pingas — part of face
- Khiamniungan Naga: ūo — part of face
- Classical Nahuatl: cantli — part of face
- Nepali: गाला (gālā) — part of face
- Norwegian Bokmål: kinn — part of face
- Occitan: gauta — part of face
- Ojibwe: ninow — part of face
- Old Church Slavonic: ланита (lanita) — part of face
- Oromo: maddii — part of face
- Pali: kapola — part of face
- Pannonian Rusyn: лїцо (ljico) — part of face
- Pashto: باړخو (bāṛxú) — part of face
- Pennsylvania German: Backe — part of face
- Pennsylvania German: Wange — part of face
- Dari: کومَه (kōma) — part of face
- Iranian Persian: گونِه (gune) — part of face
- Iranian Persian: لُپ (lop) — part of face
- Plautdietsch: Bak — part of face
- Polish: policzek — part of face
- Portuguese: bochecha — part of face
- Prakrit: 𑀓𑀯𑁄𑀮 (kavola) — part of face
- Prakrit: 𑀕𑀮𑁆𑀮 (galla) — part of face
- Prakrit: 𑀕𑀁𑀟 (gaṃḍa) — part of face
- Réunion Creole French: zou — part of face
- Romani: ćham — part of face
- Kalo Finnish Romani: tšam — part of face
- Romanian: obraz — part of face
- Romanian: bucă — part of face
- Romansh: missella — part of face
- Romansh: missiala — part of face
- Romansh: misseala — part of face
- Romansh: missela — part of face
- Romansh: massella — part of face
- Rungus: porilling — part of face
- Russian: щека́ (ščeká) — part of face
- Sabah Bisaya: bingal — part of face
- Inari-Sami: nierâ — part of face
- Northern Sami: muohtu — part of face
- Skolt-Sami: njiõrr — part of face
- Southern Sami: searome — part of face
- Sanskrit: गण्ड (gaṇḍa) — part of face
- Sanskrit: कपोल (kapola) — part of face
- Sanskrit: see Thesaurus:गल्ल — part of face
- Santali: ᱛᱷᱚᱛᱱᱟ (thôtna) — part of face
- Sardinian: cantelza — part of face
- Sardinian: canterza — part of face
- Sardinian: càvana — part of face
- Sardinian: càvanu — part of face
- Sardinian: mansidda — part of face
- Sardinian: massidda — part of face
- Scottish Gaelic: gruaidh — part of face
- Scottish Gaelic: pluic — part of face
- Sebop: pinga — part of face
- Serbo-Croatian: о̀браз — part of face
- Serbo-Croatian: òbraz — part of face
- Shor: наақ (naaq) — part of face
- Sinhalese: කම්මුල (kammula) — part of face
- Slovak: tvár — part of face
- Slovak: líce — part of face
- Slovene: lice — part of face
- Somali: dhaban — part of face
- Lower Sorbian: lico — part of face
- Sotho: lerama — part of face
- Spanish: mejilla — part of face
- Spanish: cacha — part of face
- Spanish: cachete — part of face
- Spanish: carrillo — part of face
- Svan: ჰაყბა (haq̇ba) — part of face
- Swahili: shavu — part of face
- Swedish: kind — part of face
- Tagalog: pisngi — part of face
- Tajik: гуна (guna) — part of face
- Tamil: கன்னம் (kaṉṉam) — part of face
- Taos: tʼàmų́na — part of face
- Tarifit: agemmiẓ — part of face
- Tatar: яңак (yañaq) — part of face
- Tày: kẻm — part of face
- Telugu: చెంప (cempa) — part of face
- Thai: แก้ม (gɛ̂ɛm) — part of face
- Tibetan: འགྲམ་པ — part of face
- Tigrinya: ጉንጪ (gunč̣i) — part of face
- Turkish: yanak — part of face
- Ottoman Turkish: یناق (yanaq) — part of face
- Ottoman Turkish: خد (hadd) — part of face
- Ottoman Turkish: رخ (ruh) — part of face
- Ottoman Turkish: عارض (ʿariz) — part of face
- Turkmen: ýaňak — part of face
- Ukrainian: щока́ (ščoká) — part of face
- Urdu: گال (gāl) — part of face
- Uyghur: مەڭز (mengz) — part of face
- Uzbek: yonoq — part of face
- Venetan: ganasa — part of face
- Vietnamese: má — part of face
- Volapük: cüg — part of face
- Waray-Waray: bay-hon — part of face
- Welsh: boch — part of face
- Welsh: grudd — part of face
- Woiwurrung: wang — part of face
- Wolof: lex — part of face
- Xhosa: isidlele — part of face
- Yakut: иэдэс (iedes) — part of face
- Yiddish: באַק (bak) — part of face
- Yoruba: ẹ̀rẹ̀kẹ́ — part of face
- Zhuang: gemj — part of face
- Zulu: isihlathi — part of face
- Armenian: թուշ (tʻuš) — colloquial: buttock
- Aromanian: bucã — colloquial: buttock
- Bulgarian: бу́за (búza) — colloquial: buttock
- Catalan: natja — colloquial: buttock
- Czech: půlka — colloquial: buttock
- Danish: balde — colloquial: buttock
- Dutch: bil — colloquial: buttock
- Esperanto: sidvango — colloquial: buttock
- Finnish: pakara — colloquial: buttock
- Finnish: pyllyposki — colloquial: buttock
- Finnish: peppuposki — colloquial: buttock
- French: fesse — colloquial: buttock
- Galician: nádega — colloquial: buttock
- Galician: cacha — colloquial: buttock
- German: Backe — colloquial: buttock
- Greek: κωλομέρι (koloméri) — colloquial: buttock
- Italian: chiappa — colloquial: buttock
- Korean: 볼기 (bolgi) — colloquial: buttock
- Northern Kurdish: qalçe — colloquial: buttock
- Macedonian: фелка (felka) — colloquial: buttock
- Māori: reherehe — colloquial: buttock
- Māori: kuruhope — colloquial: buttock
- Māori: reperepe — colloquial: buttock
- Māori: tāreperepe — colloquial: buttock
- Portuguese: nádega — colloquial: buttock
- Portuguese: bunda — colloquial: buttock
- Romanian: bucă — colloquial: buttock
- Russian: щека́ (ščeká) — colloquial: buttock
- Russian: полупо́пие (polupópije) — colloquial: buttock
- Spanish: nalga — colloquial: buttock
- Spanish: glúteo — colloquial: buttock
- Swahili: tako — colloquial: buttock
- Swedish: skinka — colloquial: buttock
- Turkish: yanak — colloquial: buttock
- Vietnamese: đít — colloquial: buttock
- Volapük: glüet — colloquial: buttock
- Bulgarian: на́глост (náglost) — colloquial: impudence
- Bulgarian: наха́лство (nahálstvo) — colloquial: impudence
- Danish: frækhed — colloquial: impudence
- Danish: uforskammethed — colloquial: impudence
- Finnish: otsa — colloquial: impudence
- French: culot — colloquial: impudence
- French: toupet — colloquial: impudence
- German: Stirn — colloquial: impudence
- Greek: θράσος (thrásos) — colloquial: impudence
- Irish: brusaireacht — colloquial: impudence
- Italian: faccia tosta — colloquial: impudence
- Italian: sfrontatezza — colloquial: impudence
- Italian: impudenza — colloquial: impudence
- Korean: 뻔뻔 (ppeonppeon) — colloquial: impudence
- Māori: whakatoi — colloquial: impudence
- Russian: наха́льство (naxálʹstvo) — colloquial: impudence
- Russian: на́глость (náglostʹ) — colloquial: impudence
- Scottish Gaelic: bathais — colloquial: impudence
- Scottish Gaelic: aghaidh — colloquial: impudence
- Spanish: descoco — colloquial: impudence
- Spanish: papo — colloquial: impudence
- Spanish: descaro — colloquial: impudence
- Ottoman Turkish: پیشانی (pişanî) — colloquial: impudence
- Ottoman Turkish: یوز (yüz) — colloquial: impudence
- Dutch: mik — nautical: a piece of wood cut out fork-shaped in which the brake is fastened
- Finnish: varsi — nautical: a piece of wood cut out fork-shaped in which the brake is fastened
- French: potence de bringuebale — nautical: a piece of wood cut out fork-shaped in which the brake is fastened
- German: Mick — nautical: a piece of wood cut out fork-shaped in which the brake is fastened
- German: Pumpenmick — nautical: a piece of wood cut out fork-shaped in which the brake is fastened
- Italian: braccio — nautical: a piece of wood cut out fork-shaped in which the brake is fastened
- Italian: braccio della tromba — nautical: a piece of wood cut out fork-shaped in which the brake is fastened
- Portuguese: picota — nautical: a piece of wood cut out fork-shaped in which the brake is fastened
- Russian: мик (mik) — nautical: a piece of wood cut out fork-shaped in which the brake is fastened
- Spanish: picota — nautical: a piece of wood cut out fork-shaped in which the brake is fastened
- Swedish: pumpknä — nautical: a piece of wood cut out fork-shaped in which the brake is fastened
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