cheeky

adjective cheekier · cheekiest

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.
2. informal, usually, of swimwear 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."
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.
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.

Similar: sassy, saucy, insolent, audacious, bold, get wise, bold-faced, bold as brass, brassy, malapert, brazen, brazen-faced, cheeky, chutzpadik, cocket, cute, dicacious, facey, familiar, flippant, flip, forward, fresh, impious, impudent, impertinent, irreverent, pert, petulant · Opposite: polite, respectful, restrained, sycophantic, shy, meek