CHEEKING

Verb

cheeking

present participle of cheek

Source: Wiktionary


CHEEK

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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