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{
"term": "cheek",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"image": "data/images/bo/body_face.png",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "either side of the face below the eyes",
"labels": "(informal)(formal)(British English)(British English)(disapproving)(both informal, often disapproving)(informal, disapproving)",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "**chubby/rosy/pink cheeks**"
},
{
"text": "He kissed her on both cheeks."
},
{
"text": "Couples were dancing **cheek to cheek**."
},
{
"text": "Colour flooded to her cheeks when she realized she was being watched."
},
{
"text": "He felt his cheeks burning with shame."
},
{
"text": "I kissed her on both cheeks and got on the train."
},
{
"text": "He rested his cheek on her shoulder."
},
{
"text": "Her cheeks were wet with tears."
},
{
"text": "His red-rimmed eyes and sunken cheeks betrayed his lack of sleep."
},
{
"text": "She dabbed at her cheeks with a handkerchief."
},
{
"text": "I gave him a peck on the cheek and said goodbye."
},
{
"text": "She gave him a sharp slap across his cheek."
},
{
"text": "He had a healthy bloom in his cheeks."
},
{
"text": "She laid her cheek against his."
},
{
"text": "She proffered her cheek to kiss."
},
{
"text": "He smiled at me and the colour rose to my cheeks."
}
],
"topics": ["Body"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["flushed", "hot", "warm"],
"verb + cheek": ["brush", "caress", "dab"],
"cheek + verb": ["blaze", "blush", "burn"],
"preposition": [
"across somebody’s/the cheek",
"against somebody’s cheek",
"down somebody’s cheek"
],
"phrases": [
"bring the colour/color (back) to somebody’s cheeks",
"color floods (to) your cheeks",
"the colour/color rises to your cheeks"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "having the type of cheeks mentioned",
"examples": [
{
"text": "chubby-cheeked/rosy-cheeked/hollow-cheeked"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "either of the buttocks",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "talk or behaviour that people think is annoying, rude or not showing enough respect",
"labels": "(British English)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "What a cheek!"
},
{
"text": "He **had the cheek** to ask his ex-girlfriend to babysit for them."
},
{
"text": "I think they've **got a cheek** making you pay to park the car."
},
{
"text": "Of all the damned cheek! Make your own coffee!"
},
{
"text": "What struck him most was the colossal cheek of it all."
},
{
"text": "It's an awful cheek, the way he keeps asking you to lend him money."
},
{
"text": "She asked you for money? Of all the cheek!"
},
{
"text": "He's got a cheek, making you wait outside his office."
}
],
"synonyms": "nerve",
"topics": ["Personal qualities"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["awful", "barefaced", "colossal"],
"verb + cheek": ["have"],
"phrases": ["of all the cheek!", "what a cheek!"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "very close to somebody/something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The guests, packed cheek by jowl, parted as he entered."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to make somebody look healthy",
"labels": "(British English, informal)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to make a deliberate decision to remain calm and not to act in an aggressive way when somebody has hurt you or made you angry",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "if you say something with your tongue in your cheek, you are not being serious and mean it as a joke",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/tʃiːk/",
"audio": "ch/cheek/cheek__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/tʃiːk/",
"audio": "ch/cheek/cheek__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English cē(a)ce, cēoce ‘cheek, jaw’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch kaak."
}