Cheeks

cheek

 (chēk)

n.

1. The fleshy part of either side of the face below the eye and between the nose and ear.

2. Something resembling the cheek in shape or position.

3. Either of the buttocks.

4. Impertinent boldness: had the cheek to insult his hosts.

tr.v. cheeked, cheek·ing, cheeks Informal

To speak impudently to.

Idiom:

cheek by jowl

Side by side; close together.

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[Middle English cheke, from Old English cēace.]

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Cheeks

 

See Also: BLUSHES, FACIAL COLOR, SKIN

1. Cheekbones glistening as if they’d been oiled —T. Coraghessan Boyle

   See Also: SWEAT

2. Cheekbones like bunyons —Steve Stern
3. Cheekbones, like little gossamer-covered drums —Eudora Welty
4. Cheeks … always a bright inflamed red, as if they’d been scoured —Jean Thompson
5. Cheeks … big as a balloon —Njabulo Ndebele
6. Cheeks bright as a wooden doll’s —Derek Lambert
7. Cheeks bulging like a trumpeter’s —George Garrett
8. Cheeks glowing like one of those apples in an expensive fruit shop —Patrick White
9. Cheeks had turned to blotches of dull red, like some pigment which has darkened in drying —Edith Wharton
10. Cheeks had risen like puffy omelettes [from weight gain] —Phyllis Bottome
11. Cheeks … just tinged, like the snow apple —Helga Sandburg
12. Cheeks … like a raspberry patch —Truman Capote
13. Cheeks … like caves —John Rechy
14. Cheeks like poppies —John Galsworthy
15. Cheeks … pale as a winter snow upon which a few drops of blood have fallen —Arthur A. Cohen
16. Cheeks … round and ruddy as marzipan fruit —Sylvia Plath
17. Cheeks … sweet as flowers —The Holy Bible/Song of Solomon
18. Cheeks the luscious pink of ripening strawberries —W. P. Kinsella
19. Jowls … hanging like wineskins —Z. Vance Wilson
20. Red cheeks glistened like polished apples —Anon
21. Spots of rouge on her cheekbones like a couple of roses pressed into the pages of a book —George Garrett

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