cheek

cheek¹ W3 [tʃi:k] n

[: Old English; Origin: ceace]

1.)

the soft round part of your face below each of your eyes

▪ Lucy stretched up to kiss his cheek.

▪ Billy had rosy cheeks and blue eyes.

▪ her tear-stained cheeks

▪ Julie's cheeks flushed with pleasure at the compliment.

red-cheeked/hollow-cheeked/rosy-cheeked etc

▪ a red-cheeked, plump old fellow

2.) [singular,U] BrE

disrespectful or rude behaviour, especially towards someone in a position of authority

▪ I've had enough of that boy's cheek.

have the cheek to do sth

▪ He had the cheek to make personal remarks and expect no reaction.

▪ She's got a cheek ; she just goes on till she gets what she wants.

▪ It's a bit of a cheek , asking me to do it for you.

▪ What a cheek! Of course I read the instructions!

3.) cheek by jowl (with sb/sth)

very close to someone or something else

▪ an expensive French restaurant cheek by jowl with a cheap clothes shop

4.) turn the other cheek

to deliberately avoid reacting in an angry or violent way when someone has hurt or upset you

5.) cheek to cheek

if two people dance cheek to cheek, they dance very close to each other in a romantic way

6.) informal

one of the two soft fleshy parts of your bottom

= ↑buttock

→tongue in cheek at ↑tongue¹ (6)

→↑tongue-in-cheek

cheek ²

cheek² v [T]

BrE to speak rudely or with disrespect to someone, especially to someone older such as your teacher or parents

American Equivalent: sass

▪ You can cheek some teachers and they just don't do anything.