cheeky

English

Etymology

From cheek +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːki

Adjective

cheeky (comparative cheekier, superlative cheekiest)

1. (informal) Impudent; impertinent.
   • 1899, Rudyard Kipling, Stalky & Co., ch. 4:

     "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, The Swoop! or How Clarence Saved England, ch. 7:

     The Young Turks, as might have been expected, wrote in their customary flippant, cheeky style.

Synonyms

• saucy
• insolent
• See Wikisaurus:cheeky

Translations

impudent; impertinent

• Bulgarian: безочлив (bg) (bezočliv), нахален (bg) (nahalen)
• Czech: drzý (cs) m, nestydatý (cs) m
• Danish: fræk (da)
• Finnish: röyhkeä (fi), rääväsuinen (fi), näsäviisas (fi)
• German: frech (de)
• Italian: impertinente (it), sfacciato (it), sfrontato (it) m, impudente (it) m

• Russian: дерзкий (ru) (dérzkij), нахальный (ru) (naxál’nyj), наглый (ru) (náglyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: bragail (gd)
• Spanish: burlón (es)
• Swedish: fräck (sv)
• West Frisian: bretaal (fy)