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A person's buttocks
Plural for the soft skin on each side of the face
“I tried to get him to look into my eyes so that he could see the truth, but he turned his cheek to me.”
Plural for each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
“A three-year-old boy presented with a vesicular rash on the right cheek of his buttocks.”
Plural for talk or behavior regarded as rude or lacking in respect
“I thought that if she had the cheek to ask for money, I had the cheek to ask for it back.”
Plural for the characteristic or fact of being courageous or adventurous
Plural for the state or quality of being supercilious
Plural for openness or familiarity in speech or behavior
Plural for open resistance to authority or opposition
(British, informal) To speak impertinently to
“He continues to cheek his betters, even after he has bested them.”
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