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You can make 15 words from cheek according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of cheek

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Definitions and meaning of cheek

cheek

Etymology

From Middle English cheeke, cheke, cheoke, choke, from Old English ċēce, ċēace, ċēoce (“cheek; jaw”), from Proto-West Germanic *kākā, *keukā (“jaw, cheek”), from Proto-Germanic *kēkǭ, *keukǭ (“jaw; palate; pharynx”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *ǵyewh₁- (“to chew”).

Cognate with Saterland Frisian Sooke (“cheek”), West Frisian tsjeak (“jaw”), Dutch kaak (“jaw; cheek”), Swedish käke (“jaw; jowl”), Norwegian kjake (“jaw”), Old Norse kók (“mouth; gullet”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: chēk, IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiːk/
• Rhymes: -iːk

Noun

cheek (countable and uncountable, plural cheeks)

1. (anatomy) The soft skin on each side of the face, below the eyes; the outer surface of the sides of the oral cavity.

   Synonym: (obsolete) wang
2. (anatomy, informal, usually in the plural) The lower part of the buttocks that is often exposed beneath very brief underwear, swimwear, or extremely short shorts.

   Synonyms: arsecheek, asscheek, butt cheek, nether cheek

3. (figurative, informal, uncountable) Impudence.

   Synonyms: impertinence, impudence, (slang) brass neck, (informal) nerve, (informal, especially US) sass, chutzpah

4. (biology, informal) One of the genae, flat areas on the sides of a trilobite's cephalon.
5. One of the pieces of a machine, or of timber or stonework, that form corresponding sides or a similar pair.
   1. (nautical) 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
6. (in the plural) The branches of a bridle bit. .
7. Either side of an axehead.
8. (metalworking) The middle section of a flask, made so that it can be moved laterally, to permit the removal of the pattern from the mould.

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See also

• buccal
• genal

Verb

cheek (third-person singular simple present cheeks, present participle cheeking, simple past and past participle cheeked)

1. To be impudent towards.

   Don't cheek me, you little rascal!

2. To pull a horse's head back toward the saddle using the cheek strap of the bridle.
3. To put or keep something in one’s cheek.

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• Keech, keech

Middle English

Noun

cheek

1. Alternative form of cheke