cheek

1. 1.

   speak impudently to

   Broadertalk

Other forms of cheek

plural

cheeks·

past tense

cheeked·

present participle

cheeking·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about cheek

What does cheek mean?

cheek means "either side of the face below the eyes". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in cheek?

cheek has 1 syllable: cheek. In IPA it is /ˈtʃik/.

What is another word for cheek?

Close synonyms include impudence, impertinence, buttock, boldness, nerve. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cheek a common word?

cheek is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.