forecheck

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verb

To pressure the puck carrier for the opposing team.

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Meanings

verbforecheck (third-person singular simple present forechecks, present participle forechecking, simple past and past participle forechecked)

present singular third person forechecks · participle present forechecking · participle past forechecked · past forechecked

  1. hobbiesTo pressure the puck carrier for the opposing team.

    Moore said Lemaire used centres more like third defencemen, while Leaf coach Ron Wilson likes his centres to forecheck.

    2009 January 28, Kevin McGran, “Leafs' call-up Justin Pogge overwhelmed on Wild night”, in Toronto Star
nounforecheck (plural forechecks)

plural forechecks

  1. hobbiesAn instance of pressuring the puck carrier for the opposing team.

Origin

From fore + check.

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Translations

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Cite this entry
APA

forecheck. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forecheck

MLA

“forecheck.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forecheck. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “forecheck,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forecheck.

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