Cleek vs Cheek - What's the difference?
cleek | cheek |
(chiefly, Scotland) A large hook.
(golf, dated) A metal headed golf club with little loft. Equivalent to a one or two iron a modern set of clubs.
*1924 , (Ford Madox Ford), Some Do Not…'', Penguin 2012 (''Parade's End ), p. 58:
*:He had begun at four, playing with a miniature cleek and a found shilling ball over the municipal links.
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(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 cleek and cheek
is that cleek is a large hook 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 a verb cheek is
to be impudent towards.As a proper noun Cheek is
{{surname|lang=en|A=A pre-Norman}.cleek
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(en noun)cheek
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(en noun)- You’ve got some cheek , asking me for money!
- the cheeks''' of a vice; the '''cheeks of a gun carriage
- (Knight)