Meaning of “cheek” in the English Dictionary

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cheeknoun

uk ​ /tʃiːk/ us ​ /tʃiːk/

cheek noun (FACE)

B1 [ C ] the soft part of your face that is below your eye and between your mouth and ear:

The tears ran down her cheeks.
rosy cheeks
He embraced her, kissing her on both cheeks.

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cheek noun (BEHAVIOUR)

› [ S or U ] UK 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).

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cheek noun (BOTTOM)

› [ C ] informal either of the two halves of your bottom

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cheek by jowl

cheekverb [ T ]

uk ​ /tʃiːk/ us ​ /tʃiːk/ UK informal

(Definition of “cheek” from the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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cheeknoun

us ​ /tʃik/

cheek noun (BODY PART)

› [ C ] either side of your face below the eyes, where except at the top the skin has no bone behind it and is therefore soft:

She welcomed me with a kiss on the cheek.

cheek noun (RUDE BEHAVIOR)

› [ U ] rude behavior or lack of respect:

[ + to infinitive ] First he messed up my work and then he had the cheek to accuse me of being disorganized.

(Definition of “cheek” from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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