cheek
noun
[ tʃiːk ]
• either side of the face below the eye.
• "tears rolled down her cheeks"
• talk or behaviour regarded as rude or lacking in respect.
• "he had the cheek to complain"
Similar:
impudence,
impertinence,
insolence,
cheekiness,
audacity,
temerity,
brazenness,
presumption,
effrontery,
nerve,
gall,
pertness,
boldness,
shamelessness,
impoliteness,
disrespect,
bad manners,
unmannerliness,
overfamiliarity,
answering back,
talking back,
brass,
brass neck,
neck,
face,
lip,
mouth,
cockiness,
sauce,
snash,
sass,
sassiness,
nerviness,
chutzpah,
back talk,
hide,
crust,
backchat,
malapertness,
contumely,
procacity,
assumption,
cheek
verb
• speak impertinently to.
• "Frankie always got away with cheeking his elders"
Similar:
answer back to,
talk back to,
be cheeky to,
be impertinent to,
contradict,
argue with,
disagree with,
backchat,
sass,
be sassy to,
Origin:
Old English cē(a)ce, cēoce ‘cheek, jaw’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch kaak .
