cheek
part of speech
noun (a cheek, cheeks; cheek — uncountable, rudeness); verb (cheek someone — British, informal)
meaning for a pupil
1) Your cheeks are the soft sides of your face below your eyes. tree →
2) Cheek also means rude talk to someone you should respect, especially in British English. tree →
3) «What a cheek!» means that was rude or bold. tree →
sense in the lessons
In body and health lessons, cheeks go red when you are cold, hot, shy or embarrassed; hamsters store food in their cheek pouches. In manners lessons, giving cheek (being cheeky) to a teacher or parent is rude. In some cultures people greet with a kiss on the cheek. Phrases: rosy cheeks, cheek to cheek, tongue in cheek, turn the other cheek, a cheeky grin.
examples
- Her cheeks went red when she was embarrassed. tree →
- Grandma kissed me on the cheek. tree →
- The cold wind made our cheeks pink. tree →
- A hamster stuffs food in its cheeks. tree →
- Don't give me any cheek, young man! tree →
- What a cheek, he took the last biscuit! tree →
- He said it tongue in cheek, as a joke. tree →
- She rested her cheek on her hand. tree →
- The king kissed him on both cheeks. tree →
note
Countable for the face part: a cheek, two cheeks. The rudeness sense is uncountable and mostly British. Adjective: cheeky (a bit rude but often funny). «Tongue in cheek» means not serious.
In the corpora
- His heart thumps, his cheeks go hot, and he shoves the tablet under a cushion.
- When you see something upsetting, the body reacts fast: the heart races, the cheeks go hot, you may freeze.
- Circular breathing means breathing in through the nose while pushing out air stored in the cheeks, so the sound never stops.
- The joke: cheek gets the biggest punishment, much more than stealing.
- A large tear rolls down each of Toad's cheeks, plop! plop!
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «cheek» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.