cheekfuls
cheekfuls is the plural of cheekful.
Meaning of cheekful
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
Questions about cheekfuls
- What is cheekfuls the plural of?
- Cheekfuls is the plural of cheekful.
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