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cheek

UK/t͡ʃiːk/ US/ˈtʃik/ fairly common informal
noun (4) verb (1)

noun

1.

either side of the face below the eyes

2.
3.

either of the two large fleshy masses of muscular tissue that form the human rump

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4.

impudent aggressiveness

  • “I couldn”
  • “;”
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verb

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Origin

From Middle English cheeke, cheke, cheoke, choke, from Old English ċēce, ċēace, ċēoce (“cheek; jaw”), from Proto-West Germanic *kākā, *keukā (“jaw, cheek”), from Proto-Germanic *kēkǭ, *keukǭ (“jaw; palate; pharynx”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *ǵyewh₁- (“to chew”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Sooke (“cheek”), West Frisian tsjeak (“jaw”), Dutch kaak (“jaw; cheek”), Swedish käke (“jaw; jowl”), Norwegian kjake (“jaw”), Old Norse kók (“mouth; gullet”).

Phrases

  • bench cheek
  • booty cheek
  • butment cheek
  • cheek bone
  • cheek by jowl
  • cheek for chowl
  • cheek guard
  • cheek it out
  • cheek it through
  • cheek plate
  • cheek up
  • cheek up to

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