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What (who) is cheek - definition
PART OF THE HEAD
Cheeks; Malar stripe; Jowl; Jowls; Buccal gland; Buckle pouch; Buckle cavity; Buccal glands; Mejilla
![An [[eastern chipmunk]] using its buccal pouch to store food](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chipmunk with Full Cheeks.jpg?width=200 "An [[eastern chipmunk]] using its buccal pouch to store food")
cheek
n.
side of the face
1) to puff (out) one's cheeks
2) burning, flushed; dimpled; full, rounded; hollow, sunken; pale; rosy, ruddy cheeks
impudence
(colloq.)
3) the cheek to + inf. (she had the cheek to phone me at home)
cheek
¦ noun
1. either side of the face below the eye.
2. either of the buttocks.
3. either of two side pieces or parts arranged in lateral pairs in a structure.
4. rude or disrespectful talk or behaviour.
¦ verb informal speak impertinently to.
Phrases
cheek by jowl close together.
cheek to cheek (of a couple dancing) with their heads close together in a romantic way.
turn the other cheek refrain from retaliating after an attack or insult. [with biblical allusion to Matt. 5:39.]
Derivatives
-cheeked adjective
Origin
OE ce(a)ce, ceoce 'cheek, jaw', of W. Gmc origin.
cheek
(cheeks)
1.
Your cheeks are the sides of your face below your eyes.
Tears were running down her cheeks...
She kissed him lightly on both cheeks.
N-COUNT
• -cheeked
...rosy-cheeked children.
COMB in ADJ
2.
You say that someone has a cheek when you are annoyed or shocked at something unreasonable that they have done. (INFORMAL)
I'm amazed they had the cheek to ask in the first place...
I still think it's a bit of a cheek sending a voucher rather than a refund...
The cheek of it, lying to me like that!
N-SING: also no det, oft the N to-inf
3.
If you turn the other cheek when someone harms or insults you, you do not harm or insult them them in return.
PHRASE: V inflects
4.
Wikipedia
Cheek
The cheeks (Latin: buccae) constitute the area of the face below the eyes and between the nose and the left or right ear. "Buccal" means relating to the cheek. In humans, the region is innervated by the buccal nerve. The area between the inside of the cheek and the teeth and gums is called the vestibule or buccal pouch or buccal cavity and forms part of the mouth. In other animals the cheeks may also be referred to as jowls.
Examples of use of cheek
1. Jemima Khan spotted ‘cheek to cheek to with new man‘ Has besotted Beatrice found her prince?
2. It‘s like, monastic." "Because I know you," Loretta says, hugging her little sister, cheek to cheek.
3. He placed me behind him, and I put my cheek on his cheek.
4. It found that bout 80 per cent of men and women turned their heads to the right when kissing cheek–to–cheek, a gesture of real feeling.
5. The lucky few find themselves cheek to cheek with a Natasha Kaplinsky or Mark Ramprakash and can be confident of getting round the dancefloor with minimum humiliation.