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cheek

/tʃiːk/

An illustration for cheek

noun1 of 2

soft skin on each side of the face, below the eyes

  • “He had the cheek to ask me to help him.”Tatoeba
  • “She read his letter, with tears streaming down her cheeks.”Tatoeba

Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.

verb2 of 2

To be impudent towards.

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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)

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