cheeking
Giving lip disrespectfully
Cheeking is holding something in the cheek rather than swallowing it—typically a pill.
Patients in psychiatric facilities or prisons sometimes cheek medication to avoid taking it or to stockpile it: The nurse checked under her tongue to make sure she wasn't cheeking her meds.
The word also describes tucking food into the cheek like a hamster.
Staying out of sight
- stashingConcealing for safekeeping
- pocketingTaking and keeping covertly
- storingKeeping for future use
- smugglingIllegal covert transport
secreting · pouching · tucking · palming · concealing · squirreling
hiding
Staying out of sight
smuggling · secreting · pouching · tucking · palming · concealing · squirreling
teasing
Playful, mild ridicule
- banterPlayful, teasing exchange
- mischievousPlayfully causing trouble
- impishPlayfully mischievous in manner
sassy · flirting · coy · roguish · waggish · jesting · lighthearted · frisky · prankish · bold
kissing
Lip-to-lip contact
pressing · touching · cuddling · snuggling · stroking · caressing · rubbing · nestling · grazing · leaning
cheekingdeferring
Postponing or yielding respectfully
respecting · kowtowing · obeying · submitting · acquiescing
cheekingobeying
Following directives given
submitting · complying · conforming · acquiescing · cowering