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back-check

[ bak-chek ]

verb (used without object)

, Ice Hockey.
  1. to skate back toward one's defensive zone obstructing or impeding the movement or progress of one or more opponents on attack. Compare check 1( def ), fore-check.


verb (used with object)

  1. to check over or through; review:

    Back-check the files to see if the patient's records are there.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of back-check1

First recorded in 1935–40
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Example Sentences

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

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.

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

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