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cheeking up

cheeking up is the present participle and gerund of cheek up.

Meaning of cheek up

Verb

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

  1. (informal, transitive) To act disrespectfully toward (someone).
    • An 'uncle' later offered the young Horatio a position in his solicitor's practice but the stupid boy cheeked up his employer instead of apologizing after making a mistake and informed him that, 'To err is human, but to forgive is divine'.2015 02, Yvalanna Gregory, Marjie - The true story of an Edwardian girl, ShieldCrest, →ISBN, page 19
    Synonyms:
    cheek up to

Questions about cheeking up

What is cheeking up the present participle and gerund of?
Cheeking up is the present participle and gerund of cheek up.

Words near cheeking up in the dictionary

  1. cheekiness
  2. cheekinesses
  3. cheeking
  4. cheeking it out
  5. cheeking it through
  6. cheeking up
  7. cheeking up to
  8. cheekini
  9. cheekinis
  10. cheekish
  11. cheekless

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