Cheeking

Definition

1. (verb) To be impudent towards. “Don't cheek me, you little rascal!”
2. (verb) To pull a horse's head back toward the saddle using the cheek strap of the bridle.

Word stats

• Cheeking contains 8 letters: 3 vowel(s) and 5 consonant(s).
• It uses 7 unique letters.
• Estimated syllable count: 2.
• Scrabble-style letter score: 18.

Words you can build

• cheek
• chink
• eking
• genie
• hence
• hinge
• neigh
• niche
• niece
• chin
• geek
• gene
• heck
• hick
• hike
• hing
• inch
• keen
• king
• knee
• neck
• nice
• nick
• nigh
• chi
• eke
• gee
• gen
• gin
• hen
• hie
• ice
• inc
• ink
• keg
• ken
• kin
• neg

Word neighbours

Other 8-letter words

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• abandons
• abashing
• abattoir
• abbesses
• abdicate
• abdomens
• abducted
• abductee
• abductor
• aberrant
• abetters
• abetting
• abettors
• abeyance
• abhorred

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Words starting with CHE

• cheap
• cheapen
• cheapened
• cheapening
• cheapens
• cheaper
• cheapest
• cheaply
• cheapness
• cheapskate
• cheapskates
• cheat
• cheated
• cheater
• cheaters
• cheating
• cheats
• check

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Words ending with ING

• abandoning
• abashing
• abasing
• abating
• abbreviating
• abdicating
• abducting
• abetting
• abhorring
• abiding
• abjuring
• abnegating
• abolishing
• abominating
• aborting
• abounding
• abrading
• abridging

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