cheek
The soft skin on each side of the face, below the eyes; the outer surface of the sides of the oral cavity.
Other meanings
One of the pieces of a machine, or of timber or stonework, that form corresponding sides or a similar pair.
“the cheeks of a vice”
pump-cheek, pump-cheeks, a piece of wood cut out fork-shaped in which the brake is fastened by means of a bolt and can thus move around and move the upper box of the pump up and down
Related words
- cheeker
- cheekful
- cheekie
- cheekini
- cheekless
- cheekpiece
- chock full
- doorcheek
- tuftedcheek
- cheekbone
- cheeked
- cheeky
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "ċēce".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “cheek” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.