Cheek (chēk), v. t. To be impudent or saucy to. [Slang.]
Cheek (chēk), n. [OE. cheke, cheoke, AS. ceàce, ceòce; 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
(Zoöl.), 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.
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