Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Impertinently bold; impudent and saucy.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Impudent; brazen-faced; presumptuous; self-confident: as, he is a cheeky little fellow.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- Slang. a Brazen-faced; impudent; bold.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective informal
Impudent ;impertinent .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective offensively bold
Etymologies
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Examples
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He's been called -- i've heard the term cheeky used.
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"Nothing at all, captain, only that I have my eye on them; and I've been thinking that they must somehow or another have held communication outside; and I don't like it, for those people don't get what we call cheeky without cause."
Begumbagh A Tale of the Indian Mutiny George Manville Fenn 1870
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A reformed professional librarian, she also owns several hamsters and has been known to engage in cheeky cross-stitching.
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A reformed professional librarian, she also owns several hamsters and has been known to engage in cheeky cross-stitching.
Meet Your New Freelance Assistant Editor, Laura Northrup! - The Consumerist 2009
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What struck some as shameful about the movie eight years ago, and might seem especially irresponsible now, if it weren't so cheeky, is that the threat of a nuclear holocaust is a McGuffin — a device to keep the characters running from place to place in what is really a bedroom farce.
Ready for Action 2002
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What struck some as shameful about the movie eight years ago, and might seem especially irresponsible now, if it weren't so cheeky, is that the threat of a nuclear holocaust is a McGuffin — a device to keep the characters running from place to place in what is really a bedroom farce.
Ready for Action 2002
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I think the song's by someone called cheeky git, but its pretty funny talking about Wayne
WN.com - Articles related to Interview: Vanessa Perroncel 2010
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I think the song's by someone called cheeky git, but its pretty funny talking about Wayne Rooney, Michael Owen and Frank Lampard.
WN.com - Articles related to Interview: Vanessa Perroncel 2010
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The expression is also used when someone is being what I would call 'cheeky' - that is, being presumptuous or expecting too much, for instance:
Can a duck swim? Roger Sutton 2007
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It would have been very impertinent -- what English people would call 'cheeky' -- of me to do such
The Chink in the Armour Marie Belloc Lowndes 1907
tolland commented on the word cheeky
It may be offensively bold, but it's supposed to be in an endearing way. I absolutely looove this word. Tell me I'm cheeky and my heart would melt.
July 12, 2008
sunana commented on the word cheeky
I love this word. cheeky monkey is pretty cool too.
December 8, 2009