Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to cheek
Participle: cheeked
Gerund: cheeking
Indicative
Present
| I | cheek |
| you | cheek |
| he;she;it | cheeks |
| we | cheek |
| you | cheek |
| they | cheek |
Perfect
| I | have cheeked |
| you | have cheeked |
| he;she;it | has cheeked |
| we | have cheeked |
| you | have cheeked |
| they | have cheeked |
Past
| I | cheeked |
| you | cheeked |
| he;she;it | cheeked |
| we | cheeked |
| you | cheeked |
| they | cheeked |
Pluperfect
| I | had cheeked |
| you | had cheeked |
| he;she;it | had cheeked |
| we | had cheeked |
| you | had cheeked |
| they | had cheeked |
Future
| I | will cheek |
| you | will cheek |
| he;she;it | will cheek |
| we | will cheek |
| you | will cheek |
| they | will cheek |
Future Perfect
| I | will have cheeked |
| you | will have cheeked |
| he;she;it | will have cheeked |
| we | will have cheeked |
| you | will have cheeked |
| they | will have cheeked |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | cheek |
| you | cheek |
| he;she;it | cheek |
| we | cheek |
| you | cheek |
| they | cheek |
Perfect
| I | have cheeked |
| you | have cheeked |
| he;she;it | have cheeked |
| we | have cheeked |
| you | have cheeked |
| they | have cheeked |
Imperfect
| I | cheeked |
| you | cheeked |
| he;she;it | cheeked |
| we | cheeked |
| you | cheeked |
| they | cheeked |
Pluperfect
| I | had cheeked |
| you | had cheeked |
| he;she;it | had cheeked |
| we | had cheeked |
| you | had cheeked |
| they | had cheeked |
Conditional
Present
| I | would cheek |
| you | would cheek |
| he;she;it | would cheek |
| we | would cheek |
| you | would cheek |
| they | would cheek |
Perfect
| I | would have cheeked |
| you | would have cheeked |
| he;she;it | would have cheeked |
| we | would have cheeked |
| you | would have cheeked |
| they | would have cheeked |
Imperative
| you | cheek |
| we | Let's cheek |
| you | cheek |
Verbs conjugated like 'cheek'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'cheek'
check,
cheep,
cheer,
wheek,
chack,
chak,
chalk,
chank,
chark,
cheap,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Middle English cheeke, cheke, cheoke, choke, from Old English ċēce, ċēace, ċēoce (“cheek; jaw”), from Proto-West Germanic *kākā, *keukā (“jaw, cheek”), from Proto-Germanic *kēkǭ, *keukǭ (“jaw; palate; pharynx”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *ǵyewh₁- (“to chew”).
2. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Sooke (“cheek”), West Frisian tsjeak (“jaw”), Dutch kaak (“jaw; cheek”), Swedish käke (“jaw; jowl”), Norwegian kjake (“jaw”), Old Norse kók (“mouth; gullet”). See: Frisian, Saterlandic 'Sooke', Swedish '
käke'.
Sample Sentences
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Don't cheek me, you little rascal!
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We did not like him much because he kissed us and was preachy when we cheeked pretty Tallie, who did not rule over us as Dede did […] [1942, Emily Carr, “Sunday”, in The Book of Small, Toronto, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →OCLC:]
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We cheeked him over the fence until he chased us off, and then we went down to the Walton Road and cheeked the carters, keeping on the other side of the hedge so. [1948, George Orwell, Coming Up for Air:]
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'Well, I do live next door,' I said, in no way antagonistically, and yet I immediately felt as if I had cheeked the headmistress. [2013, Louise Candlish, The Disappearance of Emily Marr:]
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Such horses might need to be "cheeked" for a while. [1964, John Hendrix, If I Can Do It Horseback: A Cow-Country Sketchbook, page 183:]
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Thurman caught the bridle headstall and cheeked the horse's head near his left knee when he swung aboard. [2009, Dusty Richards, The Sundown Chaser:]
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He cheeked the horse and stepped into the saddle. [2012, J. Evetts Haley, Charles Goodnight: Cowman and Plainsman:]
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The squirrel cheeked some nuts before heading back to its nest.