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Cheek Tʃiːk Kissed Making Make Noun Bre Chubby/Rosy/Pink

Word cheek
WordType (noun)
Phonetic BrE / tʃiːk / NAmE / tʃiːk /
Example
  • chubby/rosy/pink cheeks
  • he kissed her on both cheeks.
  • couples were dancing cheek to cheek.
  • chubby-cheeked/rosy-cheeked/hollow-cheeked
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cheek

(noun)BrE / tʃiːk / NAmE / tʃiːk /
  1. either side of the face below the eyes
    • chubby/rosy/pink cheeks
    • He kissed her on both cheeks.
    • Couples were dancing cheek to cheek.
  2. having the type of cheeks mentioned
    • chubby-cheeked/rosy-cheeked/hollow-cheeked
  3. either of the buttocks
  4. talk or behaviour that people think is annoying, rude or lacking in respect
    • synonym nerve
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/nerve_1
    • What a cheek!
    • He had the cheek to ask his ex-girlfriend to babysit for them.
    • I think they've got a cheek making you pay to park the car.
  5. very close to somebody/something
    • The guests, packed cheek by jowl, parted as he entered.
  6. to make somebody look healthy
  7. to make a deliberate decision to remain calm and not to act in an aggressive way when somebody has hurt you or made you angry
  8. if you say something with your tongue in your cheek, you are not being serious and mean it as a joke
  9. Extra Examples

    • Colour/Color flooded to her cheeks when she realized she was being watched.
    • He asked you for money? Of all the cheek!
    • He felt his cheeks burning with shame.
    • He kissed her on both cheeks and got on the train.
    • He rested his cheek on her shoulder.
    • He’s got a cheek, making you wait outside his office.
    • Her cheeks were wet with tears.
    • His red-rimmed eyes and sunken cheeks betrayed his lack of sleep.
    • It’s an awful cheek, the way he keeps asking you to lend him money.
    • She dabbed at her cheeks with a handkerchief.
    • She gave him a peck on the cheek and said goodbye.
    • She gave him a sharp slap across his cheek.
    • She had a healthy bloom in her cheeks.
    • She laid her cheek against his.
    • She proffered her cheek to kiss.
    • She smiled at him and the colour/color rose to his cheeks.
    • The colour flooded to his cheeks when he realized he was being watched.
    • I think they’ve got a cheek making you pay to park the car.
    • Of all the damned cheek! Make your own coffee!
    • What struck him most was the colossal cheek of it all.

    Word Origin

    • Old English cē(a)ce, cēoce ‘cheek, jaw’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch kaak.
Copyright This card's content is collected from the following dictionaries: Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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