cheek
/t͡ʃiːk/ verb C2- To 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.
He/she/it cheeks · Past cheeked · Past participle cheeked · -ing form cheeking
Verb forms
- Base form
- cheek
- He/she/it
- cheeks
- Past
- cheeked
- Past participle
- cheeked
- -ing form
- cheeking
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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But Anne, with her elbows on the window sill, her soft cheek laid against her clasped hands, and her eyes filled with visions, looked out unheedingly across city roof and spire to that glorious dome of sunset sky and wove her dreams of a possible future from the golden tissue of youth’s own optimism.
Getting through with her “ohs” Anne cast herself into Marilla’s arms and rapturously kissed her sallow cheek.
“I’ve enjoyed every minute of the time,” said Anne, throwing her arms impulsively about the old woman’s neck and kissing her wrinkled cheek.
“I declare, my recitation has made you cry, Marilla,” said Anne gaily stooping over Marilla’s chair to drop a butterfly kiss on that lady’s cheek.
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