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# cheekiness

«cheekiness» in Mova's school dictionary: **Rude but often playful or funny behaviour that shows a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (cheekiness, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Rude but often playful or funny behaviour that shows a lack of respect. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheekiness/#m1)

2) Boldness, cheek, the nerve to ask for or do something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheekiness/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In school reports and stories it describes a child who answers back or plays around. It can be a telling-off word or a fond one. It tells the reader someone is being bold and a little rude. Similar: «cheek» («What a cheek!»).

### examples

- The teacher would not put up with any more cheekiness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheekiness/#x1)
- His cheekiness made everyone laugh, even Mum. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheekiness/#x2)
- I couldn't believe the cheekiness of the seagull stealing my chips. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheekiness/#x3)
- Her cheekiness got her sent out of the room. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheekiness/#x4)
- There was a twinkle of cheekiness in his eyes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheekiness/#x5)
- Grandma loved the cheekiness of her youngest grandchild. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheekiness/#x6)

### note

Uncountable: no plural, no «a». Spelling: cheeky → cheekiness (y changes to i). The short word «cheek» is often used the same way: «That's enough cheek from you!»

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «cheekiness» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheekiness/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.