Cheek

chēk, n. the side of the face below the eye, the fleshy lateral wall of the mouth: effrontery, impudence, as in 'to have the cheek' to do anything, 'to give cheek:' one of the side-posts of a door or window: the cheek-strap of a horse's bridle, the ring at the end of the bit: anything arranged in internal pairs.— v.t. to addre insolently.— ns. Cheek′bone , the bone of the cheek; Cheek′-pouch , a dilatation of the skin of the cheek, forming a bag outside the teeth, as in monkeys, .; Cheek′-tooth , a molar tooth.— adj. Cheek′y , insolent, saucy.— Cheek by jowl , side by side.— To one's own cheek , for one's own private use. [A.S. céce , céace , the cheek, jaw; cf. Dut. kaak .]