Thesaurus results for CHEEKS

cheeks

noun

plural of cheek

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 Yusef Toubassi sits with his grandson Masa, looking on as children run by with cheeks painted bright colors and others howling with joy as clowns spin them around. — Dina Kraft, Christian Science Monitor, 19 Aug. 2026 When choosing a shade, think about the natural flush of your cheeks and match that. — Valeriya Chupinina, Vogue, 17 Aug. 2026 Miller used her fingertips to blend this creamy blush on the high points of her cheeks and bridge of her nose. — Izzy Baskette, PEOPLE, 16 Aug. 2026 Puffing out his cheeks and raising his fists in excitement, the 5-year-old prince put on an entertaining performance for the crowds. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 11 Aug. 2026 And just that, seeing tearstains on my father’s cheeks, was like seeing water run uphill. — Literary Hub, 10 Aug. 2026 Their skin is flawless, their cheeks rosy, their bodies unmarked by the forces of gravity or physical strain. — Carmen Rosenberg-Miller, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2026 The girl also had bruises inside her cheeks and cuts in her mouth. — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 5 Aug. 2026 The facial fat pads that create fullness in the cheeks and temples sometimes shrink faster than skin can retract, producing a characteristic hollowing and laxity. — Jesse Pines, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

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Noun

For families Apart from the family-sized villa estates and kid-friendly menus, Nihi has a host of activities that will please even the youngest beach bums.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Aug. 2026
And for any bum stuff Ted might want confidentially looked at.

— Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of bum

Noun

In many cases, the robot tail wags the living dog by tricking it—tricking us—into caring about obscure metrics, then gamifying the process of improving them.

— Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 28 Aug. 2026
Then, in 2023, as NASA brought the worm out of retirement, the logo regained its place on the tail, and the insignia (meatball) was moved to the body under the cockpits.

— Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of tail

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Then, pair a Black Angus rump steak, aged for three weeks in herbed butter and redolent of fresh rosemary (€38), with a glass of a spicy-fruity Barolo from the pioneering Piedmont vintner Chiara Boschis (€22).

— New York Times, New York Times, 16 July 2026
This would create partition on the patriots’ terms, not Britain’s, as 13 contiguous colonies seceded from the rump of the British Empire in North America.

— David Armitage, Washington Post, 26 June 2026

Definition of rump

Noun

The soft, stretchy fabric moves with you across terminals without bunching or binding, and because the top and bottom are already matched, getting dressed at the crack of dawn requires zero thought.

— Jill Layton, PEOPLE, 30 Aug. 2026
The Twins struck back with three runs in the bottom of the first.

— LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2026

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