The soft skin on each side of the face, below the eyes; the outer surface of the sides of the oral cavity.
There are some shrewd contents in yon same paper, / That steals the colours from Bassanio's cheek: / Some dear friend dead; else nothing in the world / Could turn so much the constitution / Of any constant man. What, worse and worse!— […]
The lower part of the buttocks that is often exposed beneath very brief underwear, swimwear, or extremely short shorts.
To be impudent towards.
Don't cheek me, you little rascal!
To pull a horse's head back toward the saddle using the cheek strap of the bridle.
A pre-Norman surname.
An unincorporated community in Carter County, Oklahoma, United States.
An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Texas, United States, established by John R. Cheek.
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; pa...
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Such horses might need to be "cheeked" for a while.
To put or keep something in one’s cheek.
The squirrel cheeked some nuts before heading back to its nest.