as in bum
the part of the body upon which someone sits
he dropped his pants and flashed his cheeks at the opposing team
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Recent Examples of cheeks
Her soft glam adhered to the skin-first trend sweeping runways and TikTok feeds now, with only a light layer of blush on her cheeks and a rosy stain on her lips.
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Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 23 Feb. 2026
Sun Tone bronzing drops add a bit of warmth, ahead of a healthy sweeping powder blush across her cheeks.
—Kiana Murden, Vogue, 21 Feb. 2026
Su Yiming sat in the snow at the bottom of the snowboarding course, tears rolling down his cheeks.
—ABC News, 18 Feb. 2026
His cheeks are streaked with sooty grime.
—Danielle Paquette The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 17 Feb. 2026
One layer gives me all-over, medium-to-full coverage, a few additional dots to my cheeks and chin cover up the annoying splotchiness that's showed up on my skin recently.
—Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Feb. 2026
His cheeks are streaked with sooty grime.
—Danielle Paquette, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2026
Night after night, performance after performance, tears would wet Duvall’s cheeks during his final monologue.
—Chris Nashawaty, Vanity Fair, 16 Feb. 2026
There were these two dots that were on the boys’ cheeks.
—Pat Saperstein, Variety, 15 Feb. 2026
Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 23 Feb. 2026
Sun Tone bronzing drops add a bit of warmth, ahead of a healthy sweeping powder blush across her cheeks.
—Kiana Murden, Vogue, 21 Feb. 2026
Su Yiming sat in the snow at the bottom of the snowboarding course, tears rolling down his cheeks.
—ABC News, 18 Feb. 2026
His cheeks are streaked with sooty grime.
—Danielle Paquette The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 17 Feb. 2026
One layer gives me all-over, medium-to-full coverage, a few additional dots to my cheeks and chin cover up the annoying splotchiness that's showed up on my skin recently.
—Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Feb. 2026
His cheeks are streaked with sooty grime.
—Danielle Paquette, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2026
Night after night, performance after performance, tears would wet Duvall’s cheeks during his final monologue.
—Chris Nashawaty, Vanity Fair, 16 Feb. 2026
There were these two dots that were on the boys’ cheeks.
—Pat Saperstein, Variety, 15 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cheeks
Noun
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As older leaders retire, the days of bums on seats five days a week are likely to fade with them.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
17 Feb. 2026
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Here, in the rugged, remote Santa Cruz Mountains, one of California’s coastal ranges, the counterculture had found one of its first bucolic, dharma-bum milieus.—
Scott Eden,
Rolling Stone,
1 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The insects feed on organic matter and use a tail-like bodies to jump, appearing as dark, pepper-like specs in the snow.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
19 Feb. 2026
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In an era where artistic metrics are splintered between box office, streaming and the long tail of cultural chatter, Merino still believes in the old ritual.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
19 Feb. 2026
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It was edited out of the broadcast on BBC One and Davidson left his seat midway through the ceremony, but Cumming later addressed the situation to viewers.—
Emily Zemler,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Feb. 2026
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The rear seat space appears generous for the segment, and the tray is sized to meet both family and business needs.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The lineage of her home party, Fratelli d’Italia, or Brothers of Italy, traces back to the rump of Mussolini’s fascists.—
Julia Khrebtan-Hörhager,
The Conversation,
11 Feb. 2026
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In 70 experiments conducted over a few days, Veronika applied the implement exclusively to hard-to-reach areas, like her rump, loin, thurl and navel flap.—
Leslie Katz,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
Noun
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An additional hit of white arrives via the tongue tag, and blue nylon pull tabs appear at its top and bottom and again at the heel.—
Ian Servantes,
Footwear News,
18 Feb. 2026
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Su Yiming sat in the snow at the bottom of the snowboarding course, tears rolling down his cheeks.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
18 Feb. 2026
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“Cheeks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cheeks. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.
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