Definition of cheek

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Cheek (n.) The side of the face below the eye.

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Pouched :: Pouched (a.) Having external cheek pouches; as, the pouched gopher..
Drawbore :: Drawbore (n.) A hole bored through a tenon nearer to the shoulder than the holes through the cheeks are to the edge or abutment against which the shoulder is to rest, so that a pin or bolt, when driven into it, will draw these parts together..
Zygoma :: Zygoma (n.) The jugal, malar, or cheek bone..
Wang :: Wang (n.) The jaw, jawbone, or cheek bone..
Lore :: Lore (n.) The anterior portion of the cheeks of insects.
Plump :: Plump (adv.) Well rounded or filled out; full; fleshy; fat; as, a plump baby; plump cheeks..
Ruddy :: Ruddy (n.) Of a lively flesh color, or the color of the human skin in high health; as, ruddy cheeks or lips..
Aglow :: Aglow (adv. & a.) In a glow; glowing; as, cheeks aglow; the landscape all aglow..
Pouched :: Pouched (a.) Having internal cheek pouches; as, the pouched squirrels..
Rouge :: Rouge (v. i.) To paint the face or cheeks with rouge.
Simpai :: Simpai (n.) A long-tailed monkey (Semnopitchecus melalophus) native of Sumatra. It has a crest of black hair. The forehead and cheeks are fawn color, the upper parts tawny and red, the under parts white. Called also black-crested monkey, and sinpae..
Snaffle :: Snaffle (n.) A kind of bridle bit, having a joint in the part to be placed in the mouth, and rings and cheek pieces at the ends, but having no curb; -- called also snaffle bit..
Viz-cacha :: Viz-cacha (n.) A large burrowing South American rodent (Lagostomus trichodactylus) allied to the chinchillas, but much larger. Its fur is soft and rather long, mottled gray above, white or yellowish white beneath. There is a white band across the muzzle, and a dark band on each cheek. It inhabits grassy plains, and is noted for its extensive burrows and for heaping up miscellaneous articles at the mouth of its burrows. Called also biscacha, bizcacha, vischacha, vishatscha..
Malar :: Malar (a.) Of or pertaining to the region of the cheek bone, or to the malar bone; jugal..
Flush :: Flush (v. i.) To become suddenly suffused, as the cheeks; to turn red; to blush..
Chuffy :: Chuffy (a.) Fat or puffed out in the cheeks.
Flask :: Flask (n.) The wooden or iron frame which holds the sand, etc., forming the mold used in a foundry; it consists of two or more parts; viz., the cope or top; sometimes, the cheeks, or middle part; and the drag, or bottom part. When there are one or more cheeks, the flask is called a three part flask, four part flask, etc..
Buccinator :: Buccinator (n.) A muscle of the cheek; -- so called from its use in blowing wind instruments.
Parrot :: Parrot (n.) Any species of Psittacus, Chrysotis, Pionus, and other genera of the family Psittacidae, as distinguished from the parrakeets, macaws, and lories. They have a short rounded or even tail, and often a naked space on the cheeks. The gray parrot, or jako (P. erithacus) of Africa (see Jako), and the species of Amazon, or green, parrots (Chrysotis) of America, are examples. Many species, as cage birds, readily learn to imitate sounds, and to repeat words and phrases..
Vervet :: Vervet (n.) A South African monkey (Cercopithecus pygerythrus, / Lelandii). The upper parts are grayish green, finely specked with black. The cheeks and belly are reddish white..
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