cheek

cheek

I

cheek¹ W3 /tʃiːk/ noun1. [countable] the soft round part of your face below each of your eyes:
    Lucy stretched up to kiss his cheek.
    Billy had rosy cheeks and blue eyes.
    her tear-stained cheeks
    Julie’s cheeks flushed with pleasure at the compliment.
    red-cheeked/hollow-cheeked/rosy-cheeked etc
    a red-cheeked plump old fellow
2. [singular, uncountable] British English disrespectful or rude behaviour, especially towards someone in a position of authority:
    I’ve had enough of your cheek.
    have the cheek to do something
    He had the cheek to make personal remarks and expect no reaction.
    She’s got a cheek; she just goes on till she gets what she wants.
    It’s a bit of a cheek, asking me for money.
    What a cheek! Of course I read the instructions!
3. cheek by jowl (with somebody/something) very close to someone or something else:
    an expensive French restaurant cheek by jowl with a cheap clothes shop
4. turn the other cheek to deliberately avoid reacting in an angry or violent way when someone has hurt or upset you
5. cheek to cheek if two people dance cheek to cheek, they dance very close to each other in a romantic way
6. [countable] informal one of the two soft fleshy parts of your bottom
   SYN  buttock
⇨ tongue in cheek at tongue¹(6), ⇨ tongue-in-cheek

II

cheek² verb [transitive]
British English to speak rudely or with disrespect to someone, especially to someone older such as your teacher or parents
   SYN  sass American English:
    You can cheek some teachers and they just don’t do anything.