Usually means: Closely positioned, next to each.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word cheek by jowl:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. cheek by_jowl: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. cheek by_jowl: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cheek by_jowl: Collins English Dictionary
  4. cheek by_jowl: Vocabulary.com
  5. cheek by_jowl: Wordnik
  6. cheek by_jowl: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. cheek-by-jowl, cheek by_jowl: Wiktionary
  8. cheek by_jowl: Dictionary.com
  9. Cheek by Jowl: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. cheek by_jowl: Rhymezone
  11. Cheek by Jowl: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  12. cheek by_jowl: Free Dictionary
  13. cheek by_jowl: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. cheek by_jowl: Dictionary/thesaurus

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  1. cheek by_jowl: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (cheek by jowl)

adverb:  In very close physical proximity, crowded together.
adverb:  (by extension) In very close or intimate association.
adjective:  Tightly packed.

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