cheekful
cheekful noun: a partial mouthful, enough to fill one's cheek.
Noun
cheekful (plural cheekfuls or cheeksful)
- A partial mouthful, enough to fill one's cheek.
- I stop at one of the largest of these pools, undress and plunge in. Happily I flounder about, terrifying the minnows, and float on my back and spout cheekfuls of water at the sun.1968, Edward Abbey, “Down the River”, in Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness, McGraw-Hill; republished New York: Touchstone, 1968, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 191
- Jenkins hit the ground hard enough to come up with cheekfuls of sand, despite the mouth guard FCPO Healy had insisted they all wear.2007, Joseph Staten, Halo: Contact Harvest, New York: Tor, →ISBN, page 168
Forms of cheekful
| plural | cheekfuls |
|---|---|
| plural | cheeksful |
Origin of cheekful
From cheek + -ful.
Questions about cheekful
- What does cheekful mean?
- Cheekful means a partial mouthful, enough to fill one's cheek.
- What part of speech is cheekful?
- Cheekful is a noun.
- What is the plural of cheekful?
- The plural of cheekful is cheekfuls.
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