Definitions for checking
check·ing

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1. checkingnoun

   The act of physically keeping an opposing player in check.

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1. Checking

   of Check

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1. Checking

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

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

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

How to pronounce checking?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say checking in sign language?

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. Joy Villa:

   There's a lot of shadow banning, censorship and over saturated' fact checking' to the detriment of being able to freely post anything, even on the President of the United States, i love that Parler is transparent with who views my posts, and that they promote and actually support free speech and free thought.

2. Abby Wambach:

   I think that in order to win a World Cup we all have to give up a little bit of our own selves to be able to do that and I think checking your ego at the door is probably one of the biggest and important keys to winning a world championship, we have some stars, but I think it's going to be important that no matter who is on the field that we've created a bond and a chemistry that is unwavering and something we can hold on to throughout the World Cup.

3. Oklahoma Sen. James Inhofe:

   I did some checking, (T)he stuff that they teach our kids nowadays, they are brainwash -- you have to un-brainwash them when they get out.

4. Nahema Marchal:

   The biggest problem is that we have very little data ... on the efficacy of various fact-checking initiatives, we know from a research perspective that fact-checking isn't always as efficient as we might think.

5. Elizabeth WarrenElizabeth Warren:

   We're forgotten and so I loved to see how Dad has encouraged us to come together and we're checking off a dream, posthumously, we're checking off a dream of his.

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