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cheeky
English
Etymology
From cheek +? -y.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t?i?ki/
- Rhymes: -i?ki
Adjective
cheeky (comparative cheekier, superlative cheekiest)
- (informal) Impudent; impertinent; impertinently bold, often in a way that is regarded as endearing or amusing.
- (informal) (of swimwear, underwear, etc.) tending to reveal the cheeks of the buttocks.
- (Australian Aboriginal) Poisonous (of animals such as snakes), dangerous, cunning, violent, potent.
- 1994, Victoria Katherine Burbank, Fighting Women: Anger and Aggression in Aboriginal Australia, Univ of California Press ?ISBN, page 57
- A death adder is cheeky, a tree snake quiet. Wasps are only cheeky if you hold them in your hand.
- 1995, Richard Shine, Australian Snakes: A Natural History, Cornell University Press ?ISBN, page 176
- There is no doubt that many have been killed by large elapids, and that Aborigines treat such 'cheeky' snakes (and colubrids of similar appearance) with great respect.
- 1994, Victoria Katherine Burbank, Fighting Women: Anger and Aggression in Aboriginal Australia, Univ of California Press ?ISBN, page 57
- (informal, Britain) Indulged in.
- 2009, Amy Huberman, Hello, Heartbreak, Penguin UK ?ISBN
- Although sometimes I'd award myself a cheeky McDonald's hangover treat if I did well.
- 2010, Richard Herring, How Not to Grow Up: A Coming of Age Memoir. Sort of., Random House ?ISBN, page 285
- It was a massive struggle to resist the lure of a cheeky beer, but I held firm.
- 2011, John Donoghue, Police, Crime & 999, Troubador Publishing Ltd ?ISBN, page 7
- It transpired that Mrs Egg had been cooking dinner when she discovered Mr Singlet making himself a sandwich. I don't know about you but it does seem a little bit naught after she's gone to all that effort. Naughty yes but hardly a crime and certainly not enough to warrant a 999 call. Yet that's what she had done. That's why we had left our own dinner, charged through rush hour traffic, disrupted commuters on their way home – all for a cheeky sandwich.
- 2011, James Goss, Torchwood: First Born, Random House ?ISBN, page 20
- The great thing was it gave him a little bit of freedom and me the chance to sneak a cheeky nap.
- 2009, Amy Huberman, Hello, Heartbreak, Penguin UK ?ISBN
Synonyms
- saucy
- insolent
- See Thesaurus:cheeky
Derived terms
- cheeky chappie
- cheeky chops
- cheeky monkey
Translations
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whippersnapper
English
Alternative forms
- whipper-snapper
- whipper snapper
Etymology
Extension of *whip-snapper (“a cracker of whips”), or perhaps from snipper-snapper. Compare also whipperginnie (“term of abuse for a woman”), late 16th c.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?w?p??snæp?/
- (US) IPA(key): /???p???snæp??/
Noun
whippersnapper (plural whippersnappers)
- (colloquial) A young and cheeky or presumptuous person. [from 1670s]
- 2004: Chris Wallace, Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage
- Eisenhower thought that the President-elect, his junior by over 25 years, was merely a "young whippersnapper."
- 2004: Chris Wallace, Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage
Synonyms
- upstart
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