cheeking

Verb

cheek (third-person singular simple present cheeks, present participle cheeking, simple past and past participle cheeked)

1. To be impudent towards.
   • Don't cheek me, you little rascal!
2. To pull a horse's head back toward the saddle using the cheek strap of the bridle.
   • Such horses might need to be "cheeked" for a while.1964, John Hendrix, If I Can Do It Horseback: A Cow-Country Sketchbook, page 183
3. To put or keep something in one’s cheek.
   • The squirrel cheeked some nuts before heading back to its nest.

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