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
Makeup artist Ernesto Casillas applied a flushed, rosy blush to Zendaya's cheeks and mimicked the color with Vuitton's LV Rouge Matte Lipstick in Rose Odysseé on her lips, finishing with a soft brown eye shadow and a few flicks of mascara.
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Kara Nesvig, Allure, 10 Mar. 2026
The result was a kind of gasp or snarl configuration of my cheeks and lips.
—Paul Keane, Hartford Courant, 8 Mar. 2026
The hallmark symptom of mumps is swelling of one or both parotid glands, which can cause puffy cheeks and tenderness along the jaw.
—Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 5 Mar. 2026
Bündchen finished everything off with the same effortless waves and rosy makeup, complete with flushed cheeks and fluttery eyelashes.
—Christina Perrier, InStyle, 3 Mar. 2026
Everything from her skin prep to her contoured lips and pinky cheeks was courtesy of Rhode.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 2 Mar. 2026
Always on the go Sarah is barely flushed, light pink on her chest and cheeks, on a treadmill at Tennessee Sports Medicine.
—Gerald Witt, AJC.com, 1 Mar. 2026
Levitt wore a brown suède coat and gloves; her cheeks were pink.
—Jane Bua, New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2026
On the street, strangers beamed at her round cheeks and blue eyes, and at me, happily implicated in her freshness.
—Daniel Smith, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2026
Kara Nesvig, Allure, 10 Mar. 2026
The result was a kind of gasp or snarl configuration of my cheeks and lips.
—Paul Keane, Hartford Courant, 8 Mar. 2026
The hallmark symptom of mumps is swelling of one or both parotid glands, which can cause puffy cheeks and tenderness along the jaw.
—Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 5 Mar. 2026
Bündchen finished everything off with the same effortless waves and rosy makeup, complete with flushed cheeks and fluttery eyelashes.
—Christina Perrier, InStyle, 3 Mar. 2026
Everything from her skin prep to her contoured lips and pinky cheeks was courtesy of Rhode.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 2 Mar. 2026
Always on the go Sarah is barely flushed, light pink on her chest and cheeks, on a treadmill at Tennessee Sports Medicine.
—Gerald Witt, AJC.com, 1 Mar. 2026
Levitt wore a brown suède coat and gloves; her cheeks were pink.
—Jane Bua, New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2026
On the street, strangers beamed at her round cheeks and blue eyes, and at me, happily implicated in her freshness.
—Daniel Smith, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cheeks
Noun
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Trying to warm up your bum from the cold was said to produce heavier periods.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Mar. 2026
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For ski bums looking to hit the Colorado slopes without slogging through I-70 traffic, there’s no better destination than Winter Park.—
Sarah Cahalan,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Austen is not far behind him, but Salley is hot on his tail, yelling at him to come back into the party.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
12 Mar. 2026
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Hours later, an inspection of a helicopter that responded to the shooting call at Byers’ home revealed a bullet had pierced the tail.—
James Queally,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2026
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Republican heavyweights Young Kim and Ken Calvert are set to battle in Orange County’s only safe GOP seat, a costly primary forced by redistricting.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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Life spills outside though, where the terraces offer a front-row seat to the famously dramatic cliffs and sea.—
Angela Tafoya,
Vogue,
9 Mar. 2026
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The women stood on the doorsteps with their rumps to the crowd, skirts lifted to flash tattered green knickers.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Mar. 2026
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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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Venezuela cut its deficit in half in the bottom of the first on a Willson Contreras RBI single against Marlins ace Sandy Alcantara that plated Maikel Garcia, who hit an infield single and moved to second on a Luis Arraez walk.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
12 Mar. 2026
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Cardiff finished bottom of the Premier League in the 2013-14 campaign, before Caulker again suffered relegation from the top flight with Queens Park Rangers the following season.—
Jay Harris,
New York Times,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Cheeks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cheeks. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.
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