cheek+by+jowl
31cheek — 1 noun 1 (C) the soft round area of flesh on each side of your face below your eye: Would you let him kiss you on the cheek? | the smooth pink cheeks of a baby 2 (singular, uncountable) BrE disrespectful or rude behaviour, especially towards… …
32cheek — cheek1 W3 [tʃi:k] n [: Old English; Origin: ceace] 1.) the soft round part of your face below each of your eyes ▪ Lucy stretched up to kiss his cheek. ▪ Billy had rosy cheeks and blue eyes. ▪ her tear stained cheeks ▪ Julie s cheeks flushed with… …
33cheek — [[t]tʃi͟ːk[/t]] cheeks 1) N COUNT Your cheeks are the sides of your face below your eyes. Tears were running down her cheeks... She kissed him lightly on both cheeks. Derived words: cheeked COMB in ADJ ...rosy cheeked children. ...a fat, chubby… …
34cheek — /tʃik / (say cheek) noun 1. either side of the face below eye level. 2. the side wall of the mouth between the upper and lower jaws. 3. something resembling the human cheek in form or position, as either of two parts forming corresponding sides… …
35cheek — cheekless, adj. /cheek/, n. 1. either side of the face below the eye and above the jaw. 2. the side wall of the mouth between the upper and lower jaws. 3. something resembling the side of the human face in form or position, as either of two parts …
36jowl — UK [dʒaʊl] / US noun [countable] Word forms jowl : singular jowl plural jowls literary the lower part of your cheek, especially if the skin hangs down and covers your jaw • cheek by jowl …
37jowl — [[t]ʤa͟ʊl[/t]] jowls 1) N COUNT: usu pl You can refer to someone s lower cheeks as their jowls, especially when they hang down towards their jaw. [LITERARY] 2) PHRASE: usu v PHR, v link PHR, PHR n, oft PHR with n If you say that people or things… …
38jowl — noun /dʒaʊl/ a) the jaw, jawbone; especially one of the lateral parts of the mandible. I had lain, therefore, all that time, cheek by jowl with Blackbeard himself, with only a thin shell of tinder wood to keep him from me, and now had thrust my… …
39cheek — I UK [tʃiːk] / US [tʃɪk] noun Word forms cheek : singular cheek plural cheeks ** 1) [countable] the soft part on each side of your face below your eyes Sarah kissed her on the cheek. pale/pink/rosy cheeks 2) [singular/uncountable] behaviour that… …
40jowl — English has two words jowl, which are quite close together in meaning but are etymologically unrelated. The older, which means ‘jaw’, goes back ultimately to Old English ceafl. It is now encountered virtually only in the expression ‘cheek by… …
