Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
CHEEK
boldness, nerve, brass, face, cheek
(noun) impudent aggressiveness; “I couldn’t believe her boldness”; “he had the effrontery to question my honesty”
buttock, cheek
(noun) either of the two large fleshy masses of muscular tissue that form the human rump
cheek
(noun) either side of the face below the eyes
impudence, cheek, impertinence
(noun) an impudent statement
cheek
(verb) speak impudently to
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Cheek
A pre-Norman surname.
Anagrams
• Keech, keech
Etymology
Noun
cheek (countable and uncountable, plural cheeks)
(anatomy) The soft skin on each side of the face, below the eyes; the outer surface of the sides of the oral cavity.
(anatomy, informal, usually, in the plural) The lower part of the buttocks that is often exposed beneath very brief underwear, swimwear, or extremely short shorts.
(informal, uncountable) Impudence.
(biology, informal) One of the genae, flat areas on the sides of a trilobite's cephalon.
One of the pieces of a machine, or of timber or stonework, that form corresponding sides or a similar pair.
(nautical) pump-cheek, pump-cheeks, a piece of wood cut out fork-shaped in which the brake is fastened by means of a bolt and can thus move around and move the upper box of the pump up and down
(in plural) The branches of a bridle bit.
Either side of an axehead.
(metalworking) The middle section of a flask, made so that it can be moved laterally, to permit the removal of the pattern from the mould.
Synonyms
• (side of the face): wang
• (buttock): arsecheek, asscheek, butt cheek, nether cheek
• (impudence): impertinence, impudence, brass neck (slang), nerve (informal), sass (informal, especially US), chutzpah
• (gena): gena
Verb
cheek (third-person singular simple present cheeks, present participle cheeking, simple past and past participle cheeked)
To be impudent towards.
To pull a horse's head back toward the saddle using the cheek strap of the bridle.
Anagrams
• Keech, keech
Source: Wiktionary
Cheek, n. Etym: [OE. cheke, cheoke, AS. céace, céoce; 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.)
Definition: 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.
Definition: The branches of a bridle bit. Knight.
5. (Founding)
Definition: 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 fase; 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.
Cheek, v. t.
Definition: To be impudent or saucy to. [Slang.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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