What's the difference between cheek and cheer?

Cheek


Definition:

  • (n.) The side of the face below the eye.
  • (n.) The cheek bone.
  • (n.) Those pieces of a machine, or of any timber, or stone work, which form corresponding sides, or which are similar and in pair; as, the cheeks (jaws) of a vise; the cheeks of a gun carriage, etc.
  • (n.) The branches of a bridle bit.
  • (n.) A section of a flask, so made that it can be moved laterally, to permit the removal of the pattern from the mold; the middle part of a flask.
  • (n.) Cool confidence; assurance; impudence.
  • (v. t.) To be impudent or saucy to.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In group III, multiple confluent ulcers were produced in the cheek pouch on one side, with a single ulcer in the contralateral cheek pouch; no drug was applied, and the tissues were prepared for histology.
  • (2) Cheek pouches were removed from BIO 87.20 male hamsters 4 weeks, 8 months or 18 months of age.
  • (3) Pekka Isosomppi Press counsellor, Finnish embassy, London • It may have been said tongue in cheek, but I must correct Michael Booth on one thing – his claim that no one talks about cricket in Denmark .
  • (4) The histopathologic investigations showed that the inflammatory reaction occurred in the buccal tissues was more powerful and the healing manifestations appeared earlier and continued more rapidly in the cheek.
  • (5) This difference, however, did not influence the detection of rhythmical ictal activity in cheek and sphenoidal montages in our study, nor the assignment of side, site or time of seizure onset by unbiased readers.
  • (6) We present a computer-aided videodensitometric method for the determination of oxygen saturation in red blood cells flowing through capillaries of the hamster cheek pouch retractor muscle.
  • (7) The nasal reconstruction in 8 patients and cheek reconstruction in 1 using a free flap from the deltoid region has been successfully undertaken in our department since August 1987.
  • (8) Results of both stathmokinetic and labelling experiments indicate that cell production in the cheek pouch epithelium of iron-deficient animals is impaired.
  • (9) After cultivation in vitro, cells from some transformed colonies produced tumors when inoculated into the cheek pouch of young golden hamsters.
  • (10) Serum starvation and RNA synthesis inhibition experiments using hamster cheek pouch carcinoma cell line 1 cells suggest that the c-Ki-ras protooncogene is indeed quiescent in the normal hamster cheek pouch epithelium and that failure to detect its mRNA is not related to the slower proliferation of the normal epithelial cells.
  • (11) Rich, clear and with real depth, these are the prize awaiting anyone who picks up the shin, cheeks and tails before they're put in the mincer.
  • (12) On stage at La Bastille after his election victory, footage showed that after Hollande gave Royal a kiss on the cheek, Trierweiler demanded of him: "Kiss me on the mouth."
  • (13) This study suggests that neural and adrenergic mechanisms are not the primary determinants of arteriolar tone in the hamster cheek pouch.
  • (14) After the medium was incubated at 37 degrees C for 48 h, 37-49% of the retinoid remained, whether or not tissue (neonatal Syrian hamster cheek pouch) was present, and irrespective of explant age.
  • (15) A new clinical method using a square rule leaned on the cheek using these reference points is recommended.
  • (16) The case of a patient with an extensive vertical laceration of the right cheek involving Stensen's duct is reported.
  • (17) Increases in permeability of the hamster cheek pouch were quantitated by the formation of microvascular leaky sites.
  • (18) Large defects after Mohs' surgery for these lesions may involve the nose, cheek, forehead, and other parts of the face as well as the eyelids, medial canthus, and lacrimal drainage system.
  • (19) If she seems little intense, it probably has something to do with why she is so wildly successful, yet we remain determined to reduce her – in her own tongue-in-cheek words – to a nightmare dressed like a daydream.
  • (20) At 32 days all the permanent cheek-teeth are erupted.

Cheer


Definition:

  • (n.) The face; the countenance or its expression.
  • (n.) Feeling; spirit; state of mind or heart.
  • (n.) Gayety; mirth; cheerfulness; animation.
  • (n.) That which promotes good spirits or cheerfulness; provisions prepared for a feast; entertainment; as, a table loaded with good cheer.
  • (n.) A shout, hurrah, or acclamation, expressing joy enthusiasm, applause, favor, etc.
  • (v. t.) To cause to rejoice; to gladden; to make cheerful; -- often with up.
  • (v. t.) To infuse life, courage, animation, or hope, into; to inspirit; to solace or comfort.
  • (v. t.) To salute or applaud with cheers; to urge on by cheers; as, to cheer hounds in a chase.
  • (v. i.) To grow cheerful; to become gladsome or joyous; -- usually with up.
  • (v. i.) To be in any state or temper of mind.
  • (v. i.) To utter a shout or shouts of applause, triumph, etc.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) But when he speaks, the crowds who have come together to make a stand against government corruption and soaring fuel prices cheer wildly.
  • (2) The District became a byword for crime and drug abuse, while its “mayor for life” lived high on the hog and lurched cheerfully from one scandal to the next.
  • (3) At best I would like to think about this as Project Cheer; we’re going to be upbeat about this.
  • (4) Cheers, then, to an apparent alliance of the NME, a few people in London's trendy E1 district and some dumb young musicians, because "New Rave" is upon us, and there is apparently no stopping it.
  • (5) Male patients were more cheerful during encounters with younger assistant nurses while female patients were more cheerful when interacting with older assistant nurses.
  • (6) Stray bottles were thrown over the barriers towards officers to cheers and chants of: “Shame on you, we’re human too.” The Met deployed what it described as a “significant policing operation”, including drafting in thousands of extra officers to tackle expected unrest, after previous events ended in arrests and clashes with police across the centre of the capital.
  • (7) Olympic games are a competition between countries, but here spectators can freely choose which star to cheer for and unite as one,” said Inoki, a lawmaker in Japan’s upper house who was known as “Burning Fighting Spirit” in the ring.
  • (8) There was indeed a crowd of “Women for Trump” cheering at the event.
  • (9) He'll watch Game of Thrones , from now on, as a cheerfully clueless fan, "with total surprise and joy", and meanwhile get on with other work.
  • (10) I think it will be done right.” Jeter was cheered when he took batting practice and when he ran into his dugout when it was over.
  • (11) But Blair's address - "history will forgive us" - was a dubious exercise in group therapy: the cheers smacked of pathetic gratitude, as he piously pardoned the legislators, as well as himself, for the catastrophe of Iraq.
  • (12) The audience, energised by an early heckler who was swiftly ejected from the hall at Jerusalem's International Convention Centre, received Obama's message with cheers, applause, whistles and several standing ovations.
  • (13) From one of his hospital visits Marr recalls a woman, eight months pregnant, who had suffered a stroke: "There are people far worse off than me who are so incredibly brave and cheerful.
  • (14) Trying to discourage me from my passion is inhuman – it’s not possible!” The crowd cheered and applauded.
  • (15) Cheers erupted at a camp for 100,000 displaced Christian civilians at the French-controlled airport .
  • (16) The jeers were meaningful and the cheers, well, they just were a sign of entertainment.
  • (17) "I had spent my teen years listening to Germaine Greer and Susie Orbach talking about female intellect," she says, and cheers all round.
  • (18) Updated at 4.23pm BST 3.19pm BST 54 mins "Afternoon Ian," cheers Simon McMahon.
  • (19) In Barcelona, Catalonian flags hang down from every other terraced window; a few months ago, its Nou Camp stadium was filled to 90,000-capacity, with patriots cheering on artists performing in Catalan.
  • (20) Officers in riot gear at a number of points later drew batons and clashed with members of the crowd, hours after the protest began gathering in central London at around 6pm before massing near parliament, where fireworks were let off to cheers.