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check·ing

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Wiktionary

  1. checkingnoun

    The act of physically keeping an opposing player in check.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Checking

    of Check

Wikidata

  1. Checking

    Checking in ice hockey is any one of a number of defensive techniques. It is usually not a penalty.

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  1. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'checking' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3198

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of checking in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of checking in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of checking in a Sentence

  1. Thatcher Demko:

    I thought it was tight-checking game, going into the third down one, I felt we we’re in a pretty good spot to make a push and tie it up and not a lot anyone could do on a couple of those plays.

  2. Sinead Marron:

    There was a lot of measurement-checking to ensure that we could actually get the specimens into our Victorian, grade II listed building.

  3. Evansville Regional Airport TSA:

    Throwing stars are just not allowed in your carry-on bag, but if it must flyconsider checking it in instead.

  4. Jonathan Cordero:

    All we have is guests coming in and checking out, we don't even know if they are members of the Oath Keepers or anything like that. We can not check their personal belonging or things like that, and we don't know what they're bringing in. People check in and people check out.

  5. Lena Dunham:

    I'm embarrassed to say this but it took me far too long to start voting. I had been of legal age for more than four years before I cast my first vote in the 2008 presidential election, it's not that I didn't care, but I didn't believe that me caring mattered. It was impossible for me to comprehend that one young woman checking a box after waiting in a long line could matter on a national level.

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