cheekful

Hamster-style bite storage

A cheekful is the amount that can be held in one's cheek, typically referring to food stored hamster-style or a wad of chewing tobacco tucked against the gum.

The term appears most often in descriptions of squirrels and chipmunks gathering nuts, or of someone talking around a mouthful of food.

He spoke through a cheekful of sandwich.

mouthful

bite

Pierce with teeth

  • morselSmall piece of food
  • wadSoft compressed mass
  • chewGrind with teeth

nibble · gulp · swig · munch · chunk · bolus · quid · cud · stuffed · bulging

playful

impish

Playfully mischievous in manner

dimpled · chipmunk · mugging · comedic · silly · clowning · hamming · exaggerated

Opposites
oral location/state

cheekfulswallowed

Passed through throat

gulped · swallow · ingested · gulp · spit out

quantity/amount

cheekfulnothing

Not any thing

nibble · crumb · emptiness · mouthful · morsel

Family

cheekfuls

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G