cheek Значение & определение

Значение на cheek на български

• 0 the soft part of your face that is below your eye and between your mouth and ear:

  • The tears ran down her cheeks.

  • rosy cheeks

  • He embraced her, kissing her on both cheeks.

• 1 behaviour or talk that is rude and shows no respect:

  • He told me off for being late when he arrived half an hour after me. What a cheek!

  • [ + to infinitive ] She's got some cheek to take your car without asking.

  • He had the cheek to ask me to pay for her!

  • She's always getting into trouble for giving her teachers cheek (= being rude to them).

• 2 either of the two halves of your bottom

• 3 to be rude to someone:

  • He's always getting into trouble for cheeking his teachers.

• 4 either side of your face below the eyes, where except at the top the skin has no bone behind it and is therefore soft:

  • She welcomed me with a kiss on the cheek.

• 5 rude behavior or lack of respect:

  • [ + to infinitive ] First he messed up my work and then he had the cheek to accuse me of being disorganized.