cheeky

adj

1. (informal)Impudent; impertinent; impertinently bold, often in a way that is regarded as endearing or amusing.

   “'Shut up,' said Harrison. 'You chaps always behave as if you were jawin' us when we come to jaw you.' / 'You're a lot too cheeky,' said Craye.”

   “The Young Turks, as might have been expected, wrote in their customary flippant, cheeky style.”

2. (informal, usually)Tending to expose the cheeks of the buttocks.

   “Barry said he introduced the cheeky bikini to the Coast three years ago: "I took a theatrical garment worn for as long as there have been strippers and showgirls — the G-string — and put it on the beach and gave it a name and we sold a heap."”

   “Joyce Azria oversees a staff of twelve, manages a multimillion-dollar budget, and, in her first year as director of BCBG swimwear, designed cheeky bikinis and deep-V maillots that became top sellers at Bloomingdale's.”

3. Poisonous (of animals such as snakes), dangerous, cunning, violent, potent.

   “A death adder is cheeky, a tree snake quiet. Wasps are only cheeky if you hold them in your hand.”

   “There is no doubt that many have been killed by large elapids, and that Aborigines treat such 'cheeky' snakes (and colubrids of similar appearance) with great respect.”

4. (Commonwealth, UK, informal)Indulged in as a treat, especially an unhealthy one.

   “Although sometimes I'd award myself a cheeky McDonald's hangover treat if I did well.”

   “It was a massive struggle to resist the lure of a cheeky beer, but I held firm.”

   “It transpired that Mrs Egg had been cooking dinner when she discovered Mr Singlet making himself a sandwich. I don't know about you but it does seem a little bit naught after she's gone to all that effort. Naughty yes but hardly a crime and certainly not enough to warrant a 999 call. Yet that's what she had done. That's why we had left our own dinner, charged through rush hour traffic, disrupted commuters on their way home – all for a cheeky sandwich.”

   “The great thing was it gave him a little bit of freedom and me the chance to sneak a cheeky nap.”

   “You've never had a cheeky Nando's? You sad, deprived American. Missing out on that Peri-Peri.”