Word Meaning

Meaning of cheek

- The side of the face below the eye.
- The cheek bone.
- 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.
- The branches of a bridle bit.
- 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.
- Cool confidence; assurance; impudence.
- To be impudent or saucy to.