Crossword clues for checking
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Check \Check\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Checked (ch[e^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. checking.]
(Chess) To make a move which puts an adversary's piece, esp. his king, in check; to put in check.
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To put a sudden restraint upon; to stop temporarily; to hinder; to repress; to curb. Hence, (Ice Hockey) To obstruct the motion of an opposing player by contacting him with one's body.
So many clogs to check and retard the headlong course of violence and oppression.
--Burke. To verify, to guard, to make secure, by means of a mark, token, or other check; to distinguish by a check; to put a mark against (an item) after comparing with an original or a counterpart in order to secure accuracy. Hence, To compare with an original or with some standard, to insure correctness; as, to check an account; to check with a supervisor about procedures.
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To chide, rebuke, or reprove.
The good king, his master, will check him for it.
--Shak. (Naut.) To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended.
To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack; as, the sun checks timber.
To leave (something) in the temporary custody of another; as, to check baggage; to check one's firearms at the door; to check one's coat at the cloakroom.
To accept (something) for temporary custody from another; as, to check a customer's baggage; to check a customer's coat.
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To make a checkered pattern upon.
Syn: To restrain; curb; bridle; repress; control; hinder; impede; obstruct; interrupt; tally; rebuke; reprove; rebuff.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context ice hockey English) The act of physically keeping an opposing player in check. 2 (context informal English) A checking account. vb. (present participle of check English)
WordNet
Wikipedia
Checking in ice hockey is any one of a number of defensive techniques, aimed at disrupting an opponent with possession of the puck, or separating them from the puck entirely. It is usually not a penalty.
Usage examples of "checking".
The two were ostensibly engaged in checking the mechanical adequacy of the refrigerated vivaria.
We did catch that ion trail last week, and it could very well be Amalgamated spies, just checking up on us.
The lessons would start, both of them in great amiability, then her stupidity would irritate him, she see that he was checking it, and so she would burst into tears and run to her room.
Once I was settled in front of her with a plate of curried chicken stew with mango in it, plain rice and a couple of pop-padoms, she looked to left and right as if checking for eavesdroppers and leant forward over her nearly empty plate.
It is more than probable that in practice the returns from the dressing-floors check the assayer, instead of, as should properly be the case, the assayer checking the returns.
Anoshi and Bap were still checking the C-Deck equipment, so Tad went on alone to D Deck.
But years later, when he remained small, the mother thought of the fall and blamed herself for believing that nurse who was only good for doing bilharzia tests and checking for worms.
The actual preparation of the booklet only took four days, plus one more day was used in checking press proofs, and then the wait began.
Haynes remembered one incident, when he and Bucca were checking a crack house in a derelict building.
He does not bother much about checking the change that the casher hands out.
He kept himself in regular contact with Cil, checking to see if she had left.
The people with the window and door charges were checking them, starting with the clacker: Is the clacker on correctly?
The people with the entry charges were checking to ensure they were okay, and putting on the claymore clacker that would initiate the charge.
Butler was elsewhere, exploring the locality round Cleaver Hall, checking its defences.
So, Diz, we get our three helpers out canvassing the area, checking out the restaurants and bars.