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body-checked

body-checked is the simple past and past participle of body-check.

Meaning of body-check

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

Questions about body-checked

What is body-checked the simple past and past participle of?
Body-checked is the simple past and past participle of body-check.

Words near body-checked in the dictionary

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

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