1. Either side of the face below the eyes
   "The cold wind turned her cheeks rosy"
    
2. Either of the two large fleshy masses of muscular tissue that form the human rump
   "She toned her cheeks with squats and lunges";
   - buttock
    
3. An impudent statement
   "The student's cheek earned him a detention";
   - impudence, impertinence, sauce [Brit, informal]
    
4. Impudent aggressiveness
   "he had the cheek to question my honesty";
   - boldness, nerve, brass, face, brass neck [Brit, informal]

1. Speak impudently to
   "The teenager cheeked his teacher"

Derived forms: cheeked, cheeks, cheeking

Type of: aggressiveness, body part, discourtesy, disrespect, feature, lineament, speak, talk

Part of: body, face, human face, torso, trunk

Encyclopedia: Cheek, Steve