cheek
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cheek sing (pl.: cheeks)
- (anatomia) guancia, gota
- (senso figurato) impudenza, sfrontatezza, faccia tosta
- you really have some cheek! - hai proprio una bella faccia tosta!
cheek (vai alla coniugazione) (3ª persona sing. presente cheeks, participio presente cheeking, passato semplice e participio passato cheeked)
- comportarsi in modo sfrontato verso qualcuno
- IPA: /tʃiːk/
Ascolta la pronuncia :
dall'inglese antico ceace, di origine germanica
- (sfrontatezza, impudenza) impudence, impertinence, brass neck
- Il Sansoni, Inglese edizione on-line da "www.corriere.it"
- The Free Dictionary, edizione online
- Merriam-Webster, Versione on-line
- WordReference.com, Versione on-line Inglese-Italiano
- Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary