CHEEKY meaning: Playfully impudent or mischievously irreverent

We found 25 dictionaries that define the word cheeky:

General (23 matching dictionaries)

cheeky: Merriam-Webster
cheeky: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
cheeky: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
cheeky: Collins English Dictionary
cheeky: Vocabulary.com
Cheeky, cheeky: Wordnik
cheeky: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
cheeky: Wiktionary
cheeky: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
cheeky: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
cheeky: Infoplease Dictionary
Cheeky, cheeky: Dictionary.com
Cheeky (comic), Cheeky (film), Cheeky (undergarment), Cheeky: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Cheeky: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
cheeky: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
cheeky: Rhymezone
Cheeky: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
cheeky: FreeDictionary.org
cheeky: Mnemonic Dictionary
cheeky: TheFreeDictionary.com
cheeky: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)

cheeky: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
cheeky, cheeky-: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ adjective:  (informal) Impudent; impertinent; impertinently bold, often in a way that is regarded as endearing or amusing.
▸ adjective:  (informal, of swimwear, underwear, etc.) Tending to expose the cheeks of the buttocks.
▸ adjective:  (Australian Aboriginal) Poisonous (of animals such as snakes), dangerous, cunning, violent, potent.
▸ adjective:  (informal, UK, Commonwealth) Indulged in.

Similar:

brash, nervy, forward, pert, malapert, impudent, saucy, Sassy, impish, fresh, more...

Opposite:

respectful, polite, courteous

Types:

sassy, brassy, spunky, feisty, flirtatious, flirty, brazen, bold, more...

Phrases:

cheeky monkey, The Cheeky Girls, Cheeky Brat, Cheeky Angel, Cheeky Vimto, more...

Adjectives:

little, bloody, damned, uncoherent, awful

Colors:

coral, fuchsia, hot pink, electric blue, lime green, more...