(BODY PART) [noun] [C] - the soft part of your face which is below your eye and between your mouth and earTears of joy ran down her cheeks.She has pink, rosy cheeks.He embraced her, kissing her on both cheeks.See picture: Head(informal) A cheek is also either of the two halves of your bottom.I lowered my trousers for the injection and the doctor asked me in which cheek I wanted it.Something or someone that is cheek by jowl with something or someone else is very close to that thing or person.In the village you will find pretty little cottages cheek by jowl with huge factories. -cheeked [suffix]He was red-/rosy-cheeked after his early morning run in the park.
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Meaning of CHEEK in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012