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back-check

[ bak-chek ]
/ ˈbækˌtʃɛk /
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verb (used without object) Ice Hockey.
to skate back toward one's defensive zone obstructing or impeding the movement or progress of one or more opponents on attack.Compare check1 (def. 15), fore-check.
verb (used with object)
to check over or through; review: Back-check the files to see if the patient's records are there.
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Origin of back-check

First recorded in 1935–40

Words nearby back-check

back burner, on a, backcast, back catalogue, back channel, backchat, back-check, back clipping, backcloth, backcomb, back country, backcourt
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How to use back-check in a sentence

  • The back catch has no mark in the cut, but is explained below in connection with the "back check."

    Piano Tuning|J. Cree Fischer

  • BC, is the back check which is simply a piece of wood with a thick piece of felt glued to the inner face and suspended on a wire.

    Piano Tuning|J. Cree Fischer

  • BCW, back check wire supporting the back check, and screwed to the wippen.

    Piano Tuning|J. Cree Fischer
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