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cheeko pek

cheeko pek

9.9
A person who is too scared to try new things
  • noun
  • Offensive
: cagón
  • His friends teased him for acting like a cheeko pek during the haunted house tour.

Examples

  • If you keep being a cheeko pek, you'll miss out on all the fun.

  • Don't be such a cheeko pek when it's your turn to speak.

  • Don't be such a cheeko pek!

  • Why are you acting like a cheeko pek?

  • His friends teased him for acting like a cheeko pek during the haunted house tour.

  • If you keep being a cheeko pek, you'll miss out on all the fun.

  • Don't be such a cheeko pek when it's your turn to speak.

Synonyms

coward
vscheeko pek
  • Offensive
358 2.3

A person who is too afraid to face danger or hard things

uses informal, playful language rather than neutral formal expression
chicken
vscheeko pek
  • Offensive
57 8.4

A person who is easily frightened and not brave

emphasizes excessive caution or careful avoidance rather than only simple fear
wussy
vscheeko pek
  • Offensive
12 9.3

A person who is too afraid to try things

focuses on fear or excessive caution rather than general personal weakness

Antonyms

brave
860 1.0

Has courage when facing danger, pain or fear

daring
11 3.2

Courage to take risks or face danger

How Brave

hero
∞ 1.1
to brave
44 3.6
cautious
206 2.9
timid
1 3.5
cheeko pek
  • Offensive
9.9

Surface Forms

cheeko pek singular
cheeko peks plural

Morphology

cheeko + pek

Neither 'cheeko' nor 'pek' is attested or given a literal meaning in the input, so there is no compositional or semantic clue a B1 learner could use to infer 'cowardly or overly cautious'. The form appears to be slang/nonce and language-specific rather than built from transparent English morphemes, making the expression unpredictable and idiomatic to learners.

Etymology

The noun cheeko pek may come from the image of a tiny bird: cheeko sounds like the bird's call and pek shows the quick peck and hiding the bird does when it is scared. That's why people call someone a cheeko pek to mean 'a cowardly or overly cautious person'.