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body-checks

body-checks is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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-checks

What is body-checks the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Body-checks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of body-check.

Words near body-checks in the dictionary

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

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