cheek : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: cheek	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for cheek
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cheek n either side of the face below the eyes an impudent statement Synonym(s): impudence, cheek, impertinence either of the two large fleshy masses of muscular tissue that form the human rump Synonym(s): buttock, cheek impudent aggressiveness; "I couldn't believe her boldness"; "he had the effrontery to question my honesty" Synonym(s): boldness, nerve, brass, face, cheek v speak impudently to
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cheek \Cheek\ (ch[emac]k), n. [OE. cheke, cheoke, AS. ce[agrave]ce, ce[ograve]ce; cf. Goth. kukjan to kiss, D. kaak cheek; perh. akin to E. chew, jaw.] 1. The side of the face below the eye. 2. The cheek bone. [Obs.] --Caucer. 3. pl. (Mech.) Those pieces of a machine, or of any timber, or stone work, which form corresponding sides, or which are similar and in pair; as, the cheeks (jaws) of a vise; the cheeks of a gun carriage, etc. 4. pl. The branches of a bridle bit. --Knight. 5. (Founding) A section of a flask, so made that it can be moved laterally, to permit the removal of the pattern from the mold; the middle part of a flask. 6. Cool confidence; assurance; impudence. [Slang] {Cheek of beef}. See Illust. of {Beef}. {Cheek bone} (Anat.) the bone of the side of the face; esp., the malar bone. {Cheek by jowl}, side by side; very intimate. {Cheek pouch} (Zo[94]l.), a sacklike dilation of the cheeks of certain monkeys and rodents, used for holding food. {Cheeks of a block}, the two sides of the shell of a tackle block. {Cheeks of a mast}, the projection on each side of a mast, upon which the trestletrees rest. {Cheek tooth} (Anat.), a hinder or molar tooth. {Butment cheek}. See under {Butment}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cheek \Cheek\, v. t. To be impudent or saucy to. [Slang.]
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Cheek Smiting on the cheek was accounted a grievous injury and insult (Job 16:10; Lam. 3:30; Micah 5:1). The admonition (Luke 6:29), "Unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other," means simply, "Resist not evil" (Matt. 5:39; 1 Pet. 2:19-23). Ps. 3:7 = that God had deprived his enemies of the power of doing him injury.