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cheekie

noun

Etymology

From cheek + -ie.

  1. derived from *ǵyewh₁-✻ — “to chew”
  2. inherited from *kēkǭ✻
  3. inherited from *kākā✻
  4. inherited from ċēce
  5. inherited from cheeke
  6. suffixed as cheekie — “cheek + ie”

Definitions

  1. The cheek (skin on side of the face).

    • […] she must truckle to the party in power, so she nodded brightly to the guardian as she approached the baby. “Tiddledyumps!” she cooed. “Ooh, what fine pink cheekies![…]”
    • How about we pinch those fat cheekies, Seidick?
    • I rubbed the light, tinted cream on my cheekies and down my nose.

  2. A kiss on the cheek.

    • "Where's my morning kiss?" he would demand of the girls. "No cheekies, now. No cheekies."

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA