adj · verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/t͡ʃiːkt/
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rhymes with -iːkt
CMU ARPABET:CH IY1 K T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Having some specific type of cheek.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: in-compounds, not-comparable, usually
Examples
1771, Miguel de Cervantes, The History of the Renowned Don Quixote de la Mancha, translators not credited, London: W. Cowper, Vol. III, p. 87, https://books.google.ca/books?id=v80ZAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false [...] and perceiving her to be no more than a plain country-wench, so far from being well-favoured, that she was blubber-cheeked, and flat-nosed, he was lost in astonishment, and could not utter a word.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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verb
Meaning 2
simple past and past participle of cheek
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Finnish:
-poskinen
— having some specific type of cheek
Turkish:
yanaklı
— having some specific type of cheek
