Wiktionary
cross check
n. (context ice hockey English) An illegal maneuver whereby an ice hockey player hits and pushes another player with their stick while holding the stick with both hands, with no part of the hockey stick touching the ice surface. vb. (context ice hockey English) To perform a cross check.
Wikipedia
Cross check
Cross check may refer to:
- Cross-checking, an infraction in the sport of ice hockey
- Cross-check, a chess tactic of blocking a Check with a check to force the exchange of pieces
Usage examples of "cross check".
A cross check with Matilda showed that the cop who filed the last report on Lindahl had been killed the next day in a spontaneous and abortive uprising.
Almost certainly, he, too, had circled to the north again, picked up the disappearing British cruiser on the edge of his screen, worked out her intersection course as a cross check on the convoy's, and radioed ahead to the wolf-pack, positioning them almost to the foot.