cheek
noun [S or U] (BEHAVIOUR) /tʃiːk/ UKDefinition
› behaviour or talk that is rude and shows no respect: He told me off for being late when he arrived half an hour after me. What a cheek! [+ to infinitive] She's got some cheek to take your car without asking. He had the cheek to ask me to pay for her! She's always getting into trouble for giving her teachers cheek (= being rude to them).Rude and cheekyRelating to sex and sexual desire
(Definition of cheek noun (BEHAVIOUR) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- pert adjective
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