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body-check

body-check verb: to perform a body check; to shove.

Verb

body-check (third-person singular simple present body-checks, present participle body-checking, simple past and past participle body-checked)

  1. 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

Forms of body-check

third-person singular presentbody-checks
present participlebody-checking
past participlebody-checked
pastbody-checked

Questions about body-check

What does body-check mean?
Body-check means to perform a body check; to shove.
What part of speech is body-check?
Body-check is a verb.
What is the past tense of body-check?
The past tense of body-check is body-checked.

Words near body-check in the dictionary

  1. body-builders
  2. body-building
  3. body-builds
  4. body-built
  5. body-centered
  6. body-check
  7. body-checked
  8. body-checking
  9. body-checks
  10. body-con
  11. body-dysmorphic disorder

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