Meaning & use
cheek
The soft, fleshy side of the face below the eye, or, informally, rude or disrespectful boldness.
See it in a sentence
Tears rolled down her cheek as she watched the ship finally leave the harbor.
He had the cheek to ask for a raise after missing three deadlines that month.
A note on using this word
The informal sense of cheek, meaning bold rudeness, is especially common in British English, as in what a cheek.
Words with a similar meaning
impudencenerve
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