What's the difference between cheeky and creeky?

Cheeky


Definition:

  • () a Brazen-faced; impudent; bold.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Magnussen performed a cheeky pass on Hulkenberg before they reached the second safety line, controversial.
  • (2) Strange in that Chomsky's interview was given to the state-owned news agency at about the same time as another arm of the Russian state despatched two Tupolev Tu-95 strategic bombers for a cheeky incursion into the Nato-protected zone off Scotland's north coast .
  • (3) "Brr, that was weird, but we were cheeky little kids.
  • (4) He has this hilarious, very dry sense of humour, and just before I left, I said to him, ‘So what do you think?’ And he typed out, ‘I wish you luck.’ And then, with this really cheeky twinkle in his eye, added, ‘But not too much.’” Demis Hassabis gives me his own disarming smile.
  • (5) 'He’s still a cheeky little sod, but he’s definitely a nicer boy' … Allan and Michelle Darwin with their son Zane.
  • (6) However, give or take the odd cheeky top-up, here I am in the one-glass-of-wine-a-night zone.
  • (7) (Plus, he was still willing to play the cheeky bad boy, criticising Sainsbury's stance on chicken, and only apologising to the company once he had got his message across.)
  • (8) It was a cheeky thing to say since "misuse" is a loaded term.
  • (9) John Oliver's cheeky net neutrality plea crashes FCC website Read more Spurred on by online activists including Fight for the Future , a six-person team that has managed to coordinate protests with people and companies including Reddit, Netflix, Mozilla and PornHub, people have now submitted more than four million comments on the FCC proposals.
  • (10) He makes it to the area and draws Krul, but his cheeky chip over the advancing keeper floats wide left of the open goal.
  • (11) His assertion in interviews that the borrowing rate is 8.9% to 14.9% is also a little bit cheeky.
  • (12) I hope she is alluding not to a head-butt but to John Barrowman’s cheeky wee snog with a male dancer during the opening performance of the Commonwealth Games, which has led to a revised definition of the term – one that reflects the modern, friendly and tolerant city that Glasgow really is.
  • (13) Yeah, ha ha, the cheeky peaky blinders are leeching an extra grand and a half out of buyers just for accepting their offer on a property.
  • (14) "Or is he off being cheeky and cheerful (but ineffective) somewhere else?
  • (15) The Brighton Pavilion seat is the Green party's best shot at a parliamentary seat in 2010 and it has draped the seafront in cheeky slogans promoting its candidate.
  • (16) This excellent 19th-century boozer has private mahogany snugs, with etched-glass partitions, so you can hide from the shoppers and enjoy a quiet pint (or cheeky gin, a house speciality).
  • (17) What makes cheeky Salmond think an independent Scotland would be allowed to use the pound, or enter the EU, or be admitted to Nato?
  • (18) Andrew is an extrovert, a cheerful lovely soul, a cheeky guy,” says Morrissey.
  • (19) I remember those children when we first met them, and they were so bubbly, and so vibrant and cheeky and funny and just over time how their personality would change,” Reen said.
  • (20) It was only supposed to be a fleeting visit – cheeky blow dry at Booty's, cop a bacon bap, and then straight to Ibiza with Roxy to forget all about that baby-snatching shit, just like the scriptwriters dearly wish they could.

Creeky


Definition:

  • (a.) Containing, or abounding in, creeks; characterized by creeks; like a creek; winding.

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