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cheeko

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Singapore/ˈt͡ʃiːkoː/

cheeko is the alternative form of chico.

Meaning of chico

Noun (1)

chico (plural chicos)

  1. (Canada, US, informal) A Latin-American boy; a Latino.

Noun (2)

chico (plural chicos)

  1. The fruit of the sapodilla, Manilkara zapota.

Noun (3)

chico (plural chicos)

  1. (in plural, American Southwest) Sweet corn that has been cooked and dried on the cob.

See all 7 meanings of chico

Noun

cheeko (plural cheekos)

  1. (Singlish, derogatory) A lecher, a pervert.
    • Knn this cheeko2024 March, mckaypoh, Instagram
    Synonyms:
    cheeko pek

Adjective

cheeko (comparative more cheeko, superlative most cheeko)

  1. (Singlish, derogatory) Lecherous.
    • There was the ‘cheeko’ Mr Wong who was the school’s PT instructor. When instructing the girls, he was free with his straying hands.1978, L. C. Cheong, Youth in the Army, quoted in Jack Tsen-Ta Lee, A Dictionary of Singlish and Singapore English, Singapore: Federal Publications, page 164
    Synonyms:
    cheeko pek

Verb

cheeko

  1. (Singlish, derogatory) To act in a lecherous manner.

Synonyms of cheeko

Forms of cheeko

Noun
pluralcheekos
Adjective
comparativemore cheeko
superlativemost cheeko

Origin of cheeko

From either or both Hokkien 痴哥 (chhi-ko) and Teochew 痴哥 (ci¹ go¹).

Phrases with cheeko

Questions about cheeko

What does cheeko mean?
Cheeko means a lecher, a pervert.
What is cheeko the alternative form of?
Cheeko is the alternative form of chico.
What part of speech is cheeko?
Cheeko can be a noun, an adjective or a verb.
How do you pronounce cheeko?
Cheeko is pronounced /ˈt͡ʃiːkoː/ (Singapore).
What is the plural of cheeko?
The plural of cheeko is cheekos.

Words near cheeko in the dictionary

  1. cheeking up to
  2. cheekini
  3. cheekinis
  4. cheekish
  5. cheekless
  6. cheeko
  7. cheeko peh
  8. cheeko pehs
  9. cheeko pek
  10. cheeko peks
  11. cheeko-pek

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: cheeko (page history and authors); chico (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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