Definition of cheek

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Cheek (n.) The branches of a bridle bit.

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Flush :: Flush (n.) Any tinge of red color like that produced on the cheeks by a sudden rush of blood; as, the flush on the side of a peach; the flush on the clouds at sunset..
Leer :: Leer (n.) The cheek.
Plump :: Plump (adv.) Well rounded or filled out; full; fleshy; fat; as, a plump baby; plump cheeks..
White :: White (superl.) Destitute of color, as in the cheeks, or of the tinge of blood color; pale; pallid; as, white with fear..
Pouch :: Pouch (n.) A sac or bag for carrying food or young; as, the cheek pouches of certain rodents, and the pouch of marsupials..
Doorcheek :: Doorcheek (n.) The jamb or sidepiece of a door.
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..
Cheek :: Cheek (v. t.) To be impudent or saucy to.
Wanness :: Wanness (n.) The quality or state of being wan; a sallow, dead, pale color; paleness; pallor; as, the wanness of the cheeks after a fever..
Bullfinch :: Bullfinch (n.) A bird of the genus Pyrrhula and other related genera, especially the P. vulgaris / rubicilla, a bird of Europe allied to the grosbeak, having the breast, cheeks, and neck, red..
Jowl :: Jowl (n.) The cheek; the jaw.
Ape :: Ape (n.) A quadrumanous mammal, esp. of the family Simiadae, having teeth of the same number and form as in man, and possessing neither a tail nor cheek pouches. The name is applied esp. to species of the genus Hylobates, and is sometimes used as a general term for all Quadrumana. The higher forms, the gorilla, chimpanzee, and ourang, are often called anthropoid apes or man apes..
Ruddy :: Ruddy (n.) Of a lively flesh color, or the color of the human skin in high health; as, ruddy cheeks or lips..
Malar :: Malar (a.) Of or pertaining to the region of the cheek bone, or to the malar bone; jugal..
Wanger :: Wanger (n.) A pillow for the cheek; a pillow.
Rouge :: Rouge (n.) A cosmetic used for giving a red color to the cheeks or lips. The best is prepared from the dried flowers of the safflower, but it is often made from carmine..
Buccinator :: Buccinator (n.) A muscle of the cheek; -- so called from its use in blowing wind instruments.
Hone :: Hone (n.) A kind of swelling in the cheek.
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..
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