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Chick vs Cheek - What's the difference?

chick | cheek |

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)
  • A young bird.
  • A young chicken.
  • (slang) (rft-sense) A woman (especially one who is young and/or attractive).
  • Three cool chicks / Are walking down the street / Swinging their hips — song "Three Cool Cats" by
  • * {{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.}}

    Synonyms

    * See also * See also

    Derived terms

    * chick flick * chickfriend * chick lit

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To sprout, as seed does in the ground; to vegetate.
  • (Chalmers)

    References

    cheek

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (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.
  • You’ve got some cheek , asking me for money!
  • (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.
  • the cheeks''' of a vice; the '''cheeks of a gun carriage
  • (in plural) The branches of a bridle bit.
  • (Knight)
  • (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.
  • Synonyms

    * (side of the face) wang * (impudence) impertinence, impudence, brass neck (slang), nerve (informal), sass * (gena) gena

    Derived terms

    * cheeked * cheekbone * cheeky * free cheek * fixed cheek * turn the other cheek

    See also

    * buccal * genal

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To be impudent towards.
  • Don't cheek me, you little rascal!