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noun
- The fleshy side of the face below the eye and above and to the side of the mouth
- Something suggestive of the human cheek in position or form
- Insolent boldness and self-assurance
- Buttock
verb
- To speak rudely or impudently to
adverb
- Side by side
noun
- Any of the molar or premolar teeth
idiom
- With one another's cheeks touching
"They were sitting/dancing/posing cheek to cheek."
adjective
- Characterized by insincerity, irony, or whimsical exaggeration
adverb
- With insincerity, irony, or whimsical exaggeration
idiom
- In a way that is not serious and that is meant to be funny
"talking with his tongue in his cheek"
verb
- To cause to move around an axis or a center make rotate or revolve
"turn a wheel"
- To execute or perform by rotating or revolving
"turn handsprings"
- To twist out of line or shape wrench
"had turned his ankle"
- To revolve mentally think over ponder
- To reverse or upset the order or disposition of
"everything was turned topsy-turvy"
- To disturb or upset the mental balance of
"a mind turned by grief"
- To set in another especially contrary direction
- To bend or change the course of divert
"a battle that turned the tide of history"
- To bend a course around or about round
"turned the corner at full speed"
- To cause to retreat
"used fire hoses to turn the mob"
- To alter the drift, tendency, or expected result of
- To direct (something, such as the attention or mind) toward or away from something
- To direct the employment of apply, devote
"turned his skills to the service of humankind"
- To bring to bear (as by aiming, pointing, or focusing) train
"turned the light into the dark doorway"
- To cause to become of a specified nature or appearance
"turned him into a frog"
- To exchange for something else
"turn coins into paper money"
- To cause to defect to another side
- To shape especially in a rounded form by applying a cutting tool while revolving in a lathe
- To give a rounded form to by any means
"turn the heel of a sock"
- To shape or mold artistically, gracefully, or neatly
"a well turned phrase"
- To form by bending
"turn a lead pipe"
- To cause (the edge of a blade) to bend back or over blunt, dull
- To gain in the course of business
"turning a quick profit"
- To keep (money, goods, etc.) moving
- To make use of
"turned her education to advantage"
- To carry to completion pull off
"turned a double play"
- To engage in (a sex act as a sex worker)
"turning tricks =taking payment for performing sex acts"
- To move around on an axis or through an arc of a circle rotate
- To become giddy or dizzy spin
"heights always made his head turn"
- To direct one's course
- To take a different course or direction
"turned toward home"
- To change position (as of one's head) so as to face another way
"everyone turned to stare"
- To face toward or away from someone or something
"flowers turn toward the light"
- To change one's attitude or reverse one's course of action to one of opposition or hostility
"felt the world had turned against him"
- To make a sudden violent assault especially without evident cause
"dogs turning on their owners"
- To direct one's attention to or away from someone or something
- To have recourse refer, resort
"turned to a friend for help"
- To direct one's efforts or activity devote or apply oneself
"turned to the study of the law"
- To become curved or bent (as from pressure)
- To operate a lathe
- To be stocked and disposed of change hands
This clue was used on May 15, 2025.