Collocations for cheek - noun

flushed, hot | cool | smooth, soft | ashen, pale, pallid, pasty | blushing, pink, rosy, scarlet | sunken
His red-rimmed eyes and sunken cheeks betrayed his lack of sleep.

hamster/hamster-like, plump | unshaven | tear-stained, wet
Her cheeks were wet with tears.

brush, dab (at), stroke, touch
She dabbed at her cheeks with a handkerchief.

kiss, peck | give (sb), proffer
She proffered her cheek to kiss.

blaze, burn, flame, grow hot, redden
He felt his cheeks burning with shame.

across sb''s/the ~
She gave him a sharp slap across his cheek.

against sb''s ~
She laid her cheek against his.

down sb''s ~
A tear slid down her cheek.

in sb''s ~s
She had a healthy bloom in her cheeks.

on sb''s/the ~
He kissed his mother on both cheeks and got on the train.

bring the colour (back) to your cheeks, the colour floods/rises/rushes to your cheeks
The colour flooded to his cheeks when he realized he was being watched.

a kiss/peck on the cheek
She gave him a peck on the cheek and said goodbye.

awful, bare-faced, colossal
It''s an awful cheek, the way he keeps asking you to lend him money.

bleeding
(taboo),

bloody
(taboo),

damned

have
He''s got a cheek, making you wait outside his office.

Of all the cheek!/What (a) cheek!
He asked you for money? Of all the cheek!