Meanings
verbbody-check (third-person singular simple present body-checks, present participle body-checking, simple past and past participle body-checked)
present singular third person body-checks · participle present body-checking · participle past body-checked · past body-checked
- To perform a body check; to shove.
The young defender dispossessed Arshavin for the first time in the game and set on a rampaging run through the Gunners' midfield, which ended when he was blatantly body-checked by last man Squillaci, who was duly sent off.
2011 January 30, Kevin Darlng, “Arsenal 2 - 1 Huddersfield”, in BBC
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APA
body-check. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/body-check
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“body-check.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/body-check. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “body-check,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/body-check.
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