cheeky adj : offensively bold; "a brash newcomer disputed the age-old rules for admission to the club"; "a nervy thing to say" [syn: brash, nervy] [also: cheekiest, cheekier]

English

Etymology

cheek + -y

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːki

Adjective

1. Impudent; impertinent.

   Stop being so cheeky, boy.

Synonyms

• saucy

Translations

• Danish: fræk
• Finnish: röyhkeä, rääväsuinen
• German: frech

Cheeky was a British comic book that ran from (issues dates) 22 October 1977 to 2 February 1980, when it merged with Whoopee!. The title character originated in another comic called Krazy, as one character in the strip The Krazy Gang and proved popular enough to get his own comic, which managed to outlive Krazy itself. Its strips included:

• Cheeky itself
• Lolly Pop
• Mustapha Million
• Paddywack
• Jerking Jeremy
• Sid the Street Sucker
• Ursula the russike
• Walter Wurx
• Disaster Des
• Elephant On her buns

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