Chick vs Cheek - What's the difference?
chick | cheek |
A young bird.
A young chicken.
(slang) (rft-sense) A woman (especially one who is young and/or attractive).
* {{quote-book, year=1927, title=Elmer Gantry, author=Sinclair Lewis
, passage=He had determined that marriage now would cramp his advancement in the church and that, anyway, he didn't want to marry this brainless little fluffy chick , who would be of no help in impressing rich parishioners.}}
* {{quote-book, year=2004, title=Bad moon rising?, author=Tess Pendergrass
, passage=I can't believe you've got a hot chick in that ratty apartment with you.}}
(anatomy) The soft skin on each side of the face, below the eyes; the outer surface of the sides of the oral cavity.
(informal, usually, in the plural) A buttock.
(informal) Impudence.
(biology, informal) One of the genae, flat areas on the sides of a trilobite's cephalon.
The pieces of a machine, or of timber or stonework, that form corresponding sides or a similar pair.
(in plural) The branches of a bridle bit.
(metalworking) The middle section of a flask, made so that it can be moved laterally, to permit the removal of the pattern from the mould.
As nouns the difference between chick and cheek
is that chick is a young bird while cheek is the soft skin on each side of the face, below the eyes; the outer surface of the sides of the oral cavity.As verbs the difference between chick and cheek
is that chick is to sprout, as seed does in the ground; to vegetate while cheek is to be impudent towards.As a proper noun Cheek is
{{surname|lang=en|A=A pre-Norman}.chick
English
Noun
(en noun)- Three cool chicks / Are walking down the street / Swinging their hips — song "Three Cool Cats" by
Synonyms
* See also * See alsoDerived terms
* chick flick * chickfriend * chick litReferences
cheek
English
Noun
(en noun)- You’ve got some cheek , asking me for money!
- the cheeks''' of a vice; the '''cheeks of a gun carriage
- (Knight)