cheek
To be impudent towardsTo be impudent towards.
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» He kissed her on the cheek.
Он поцеловал ее в щёку. — leyla
Он поцеловал её в щёку. — marafon
Він поцілував її в щоку. — leyla
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
3 sensesTo be impudent towards.
Don't cheek me, you little rascal!
To pull a horse's head back toward the saddle using the cheek strap of the bridle.
To put or keep something in one’s cheek.
The squirrel cheeked some nuts before heading back to its nest.
- speak impudently to
Examples
422 sentencesHe kissed her on the cheek.
Він поцілував її в щоку. — leyla
ruОн поцеловал ее в щёку. — leyla
She kissed him on the cheek.
Вона поцілувала його в щоку. — ascolto
ruОна поцеловала его в щёку. — marafon
deSie hat ihn auf die Wange geküsst. — Esperantostern
Tom kissed Mary on the cheek.
Том поцілував Мері у щічку. — deniko
ruТом поцеловал Мэри в щёчку. — odexed
deTom küsste Maria auf die Wange. — raggione
Tom has a scar on his cheek.
У Тома шрам на щоці. — deniko
ruУ Тома шрам на щеке. — sharptoothed
deTom hat eine Narbe auf der Wange. — Manfredo
Tom has a scar on his left cheek.
У Тома шрам на лівій щоці. — deniko
ruУ Тома шрам на левой щеке. — marafon
deTom hat auf der linken Wange eine Narbe. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Origin
From Middle English cheeke, cheke, cheoke, choke, from Old English ċēce, ċēace, ċēoce (“chFrom Middle English cheeke, cheke, cheoke, choke, from Old English ċēce, ċēace, ċēoce (“cheek; jaw”), from Proto-West Germanic *kākā, *keukā (“jaw, cheek”), from Proto-Germanic *kēkǭ, *keukǭ (“jaw; palate; pharynx”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *ǵyewh₁- (“to chew”).
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Forms
cheeks, cheeking, cheeked, cheekedWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
3 patterns- on the cheek
- down her cheeks
- on his cheek
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.