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cheeksful

cheeksful is the plural of cheekful.

Meaning of cheekful

Noun

cheekful (plural cheekfuls or cheeksful)

  1. 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 cheeksful

What is cheeksful the plural of?
Cheeksful is the plural of cheekful.

Words near cheeksful in the dictionary

  1. cheeks
  2. cheeks it out
  3. cheeks it through
  4. cheeks up
  5. cheeks up to
  6. cheeksful
  7. cheekteeth
  8. cheektooth
  9. Cheektowaga
  10. cheeky
  11. cheeky chappie

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