{
    "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."
}