Meaning

1 senses

  1. (informal)To act disrespectfully toward (someone).

Examples

3 sentences

  1. Her cheeks flamed up.

    ruЕе щеки покраснели. — wondersz1

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  2. His cheek has puffed up.

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  3. When the snowflake touched my cheek, I woke up in my bed with my eyes sticky with tears.

    chanchan · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Origin

See cheek (“impudence, impertinence”).

See cheek (“impudence, impertinence”).

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Forms

cheeks up, cheeking up, cheeked up, cheeked up
Base formcheek up · to cheek up
3rd person singularcheeks up
Present participlecheeking up
Past simplecheeked up
Past participlecheeked up

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycheek up
he, she, itcheeks up

Past simpleLesson

all personscheeked up

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave cheeked up
he, she, ithas cheeked up

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill cheek up

Synonyms

1 synonyms
cheek up to

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
cheddarcheekA2cheekbonecheekyB2cheep
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