cheeky
Etymology
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Etymology
From
- IPA: /ˈt͡ʃiːki/
cheeky (comparative cheekier, superlative cheekiest)
- (informal) Impudent; impertinent; impertinently bold, often in a way that is regarded as endearing or amusing.
- 1899 February, Rudyard Kipling, “The Impressionists”, in Stalky & Co., London: Macmillan & Co., published 1899, →OCLC ↗, page 112 ↗:
- 'Shut up,' said Harrison. 'You chaps always behave as if you were jawin' us when we come to jaw you.' / 'You're a lot too cheeky,' said Craye.
- 1909, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 7, in The Swoop! or How Clarence Saved England:
- The Young Turks, as might have been expected, wrote in their customary flippant, cheeky style.
- (informal, of swimwear, underwear, etc.) Tending to expose the cheeks of the buttocks.
- 1984, Hugh Lunn, Queenslanders, page 159:
- Barry said he introduced the cheeky bikini to the Coast three years ago: "I took a theatrical garment worn for as long as there have been strippers and showgirls — the G-string — and put it on the beach and gave it a name and we sold a heap."
- 2002, Elle, volume 17:
- Joyce Azria oversees a staff of twelve, manages a multimillion-dollar budget, and, in her first year as director of BCBG swimwear, designed cheeky bikinis and deep-V maillots that became top sellers at Bloomingdale's.
- (Australian Aboriginal) Poisonous (of animals such as snakes), dangerous, cunning, violent, potent.
- (informal, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) Indulged in.
- French: effronté, impertinent, insolent
- German: frech
- Italian: impertinente, sfacciato, sfrontato, impudente
- Portuguese: ousado, atrevido
- Russian: де́рзкий
- Spanish: burlón, pillastre, descarado, pícaro, impertinente, insolente
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