cheek to cheek
Faces pressed together
Cheek to cheek describes two people with their faces pressed together, typically while dancing or in an intimate embrace.
The phrase evokes romantic closeness and tenderness: They swayed cheek to cheek on the dance floor.
It became iconic through the 1935 Irving Berlin song "Cheek to Cheek."
- dancingRhythmic bodily motion
- closenessState of proximity
- close embraceTight hold between bodies
- embraceHold closely in arms
- body contactBodies touching each other
tango · waltz · Fred Astaire · side by side · romance · intimate moment · kiss · nuzzle · skin to skin · shoulder to shoulder · hold me close · slow dance · face · partner dance · ballroom culture · hug · foxtrot · Irving Berlin
- closenessclose by, close contact, close-knit, next door, up close
- slow danceswaltz, slow waltz, foxtrot, rumba, bolero
- proximitynear, close, nearby, nearness, proximity
physical proximity
cheek to cheekat arm's length
miles apart · worlds apart · poles apart · separated · distant
cheek, cheeks, cheeky, cheekily, cheekiness, cheekier, cheekiest, cheeked, cheekbone