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English

Etymology

From Middle English cheeke, cheke, cheoke, choke, from Old English ??ce, ??ace, ??oce (“cheek; jaw”), from Proto-Germanic *kek?, *k?k?, *kak?, *kauk?, *keuk? (“jaw; palate; pharynx”), from Proto-Indo-European *?yewh?- (“to chew”).

Cognate with Saterland Frisian Sooke (“cheek”), West Frisian tsjeak (“jaw”), Dutch kaak (“jaw; cheek”), Swedish käke (“jaw; jowl”), Norwegian kjake (“jaw”), Old Norse kók (“mouth; gullet”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: ch?k, IPA^(key): /t?i?k/

Noun

cheek (countable and uncountable, plural cheeks)

1. (anatomy) The soft skin on each side of the face, below the eyes; the outer surface of the sides of the oral cavity.

   Synonym: (obsolete) wang
2. (anatomy, informal, usually in the plural) The lower part of the buttocks that is often exposed beneath very brief underwear, swimwear, or extremely short shorts.

   Synonyms: arsecheek, asscheek, butt cheek, nether cheek

3. (figuratively, informal, uncountable) Impudence.

   Synonyms: impertinence, impudence, (slang) brass neck, (informal) nerve, (informal, especially US) sass, chutzpah

4. (biology, informal) One of the genae, flat areas on the sides of a trilobite's cephalon.
5. One of the pieces of a machine, or of timber or stonework, that form corresponding sides or a similar pair.
   1. (nautical) pump-cheek, pump-cheeks, a piece of wood cut out fork-shaped in which the brake is fastened by means of a bolt and can thus move around and move the upper box of the pump up and down
6. (in the plural) The branches of a bridle bit.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)

7. Either side of an axehead.
8. (metalworking) The middle section of a flask, made so that it can be moved laterally, to permit the removal of the pattern from the mould.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• buccal
• genal

Verb

cheek (third-person singular simple present cheeks, present participle cheeking, simple past and past participle cheeked)

1. To be impudent towards.
   • 1942, Emily Carr, The Book of Small, "Sunday," [1]

     We did not like him much because he kissed us and was preachy when we cheeked pretty Tallie, who did not rule over us as Dede did […]

   Don't cheek me, you little rascal!

2. To pull a horse's head back toward the saddle using the cheek strap of the bridle.

Anagrams

• Keech, keech

English

Etymology

From Latin ego (“I”) + -t- + -ism

Noun

egotism (usually uncountable, plural egotisms)

1. A tendency to talk excessively about oneself.
2. A belief that one is superior to or more important than others.
3. (countable) The result or product of being egoistic.
4. (nonstandard, by confusion of the similar words) Egoism (belief that behavior should be directed towards one's self-interest).

Synonyms

• pride, vanity, conceit
• egocentrism, egoism

Related terms

• egotist
• egotistic
• egotistical

Translations

See also

• solipsism

Further reading

• egotism in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• egotism in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Romanian

Etymology

From French égotisme

Noun

egotism n (uncountable)

1. egotism

Declension