Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The fleshy part of either side of the face below the eye and between the nose and ear.
- noun Something resembling the cheek in shape or position.
- noun Either of the buttocks.
- noun Impertinent boldness.
- transitive verb To speak impudently to.
- idiom (cheek by jowl) Side by side; close together.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To bring up to the cheek.
- To face; confront in a bold or impudent manner; assail with impudent or insulting language.
- noun Either of the two sides of the face below the eyes.
- noun Something regarded as resembling the human cheek in form or position; one of two pieces, as of an instrument, apparatus, framework, etc., which form corresponding sides or which are double and alike.
- noun The miter-sill of a lock-gate. Naut., one of the pieces of a block which form the sides of the shell.
- noun A cheek-bone; a jaw-bone.
- noun In entomology, the gena, or that part of an insect's head which lies between the eye and the mouth-cavity. This region sometimes becomes very prominent, as in certain of the Diptera.
- noun The edible portion of the large seaclam, Mactra solidissima.
- noun Cool confidence; brazen-faced impudence; an impudent or self-confident manner: as, he has plenty of cheek.
- noun Share; portion; allowance.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The side of the face below the eye.
- noun obsolete The cheek bone.
- noun (Mech.) Those pieces of a machine, or of any timber, or stone work, which form corresponding sides, or which are similar and in pair
- noun The branches of a bridle bit.
- noun (Founding) A section of a flask, so made that it can be moved laterally, to permit the removal of the pattern from the mold; the middle part of a flask.
- noun Slang Cool confidence; assurance; impudence.
- noun See
Illust. ofBeef . - noun (Anat.) the bone of the side of the face; esp., the malar bone.
- noun side by side; very intimate.
- noun (Zoöl.) a sacklike dilation of the cheeks of certain monkeys and rodents, used for holding food.
- noun the two sides of the shell of a tackle block.
- noun the projection on each side of a mast, upon which the trestletrees rest.
- noun (Anat.) a hinder or molar tooth.
- noun See under
Butment . - transitive verb Slang. To be impudent or saucy to.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun anatomy The soft skin on each side of the face, below the eyes; the outer surface of the sides of the oral cavity.
- noun informal, usually in the plural A
buttock . - noun informal
Impudence . - noun biology, informal One of the
genae , flat areas on the sides of atrilobite 'scephalon . - verb To be
impudent towards.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun either of the two large fleshy masses of muscular tissue that form the human rump
- noun impudent aggressiveness
- noun either side of the face below the eyes
- noun an impudent statement
- verb speak impudently to
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Petzal, with his tongue firmly in cheek, is spot on.
A Call to Action 2006
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I sincerely hope this article was written with tongue firmly planted in cheek, or else I pray for you.
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So back to the camp we made our way, with tongue in cheek, to put his proposals to the others.
Work Camp 934 L 2010
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I'm all for tongue in cheek sci-fi films, but this movie fails hard at even that.
Joel Silver and Dark Castle Buying Sundance Horror Hit Splice? | /Film 2010
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Every state should standardize on “state” and “county” (note tongue firmly planted in cheek).
The Volokh Conspiracy » The Case for Abolishing the Bluebook 2010
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Essentially I was making the same point you are, a bit more tongue in cheek though.
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Essentially I was making the same point you are, a bit more tongue in cheek though.
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Anything from The Onion is tongue in cheek, and the playing to a stereotype of Adderall (which The Onion does so well) is entirely a mockery of off label use — not its use in treating ADD.
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Essentially I was making the same point you are, a bit more tongue in cheek though.
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Every state should standardize on “state” and “county” (note tongue firmly planted in cheek).
The Volokh Conspiracy » The Case for Abolishing the Bluebook 2010
bilby commented on the word cheek
Nine-o'clock Bell!
Nine-o'clock Bell!
All the small children and big ones as well,
Pulling their stockings up, snatching their hats,
Cheeking and grumbling and giving back-chats,
Laughing and quarreling, dropping their things,
These at a snail's pace and those upon wings,
Lagging behind a bit, running ahead,
Waiting at corners for lights to turn red ...
- Eleanor Farjeon, 'School-Bell'.
November 3, 2008