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check-call

check-call verb: to check and then call a bet by another player in the same betting round.

Verb

check-call (third-person singular simple present check-calls, present participle check-calling, simple past and past participle check-called)

  1. To check and then call a bet by another player in the same betting round.

Noun

check-call (plural check-calls)

  1. A call made by a player who checked previously in the same betting round.

Forms of check-call

Verb
third-person singular presentcheck-calls
present participlecheck-calling
past participlecheck-called
pastcheck-called
Noun
pluralcheck-calls

Questions about check-call

What does check-call mean?
Check-call means to check and then call a bet by another player in the same betting round.
What part of speech is check-call?
Check-call can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of check-call?
The past tense of check-call is check-called.

Words near check-call in the dictionary

  1. check weigher
  2. check weighers
  3. check you out
  4. check your privilege
  5. check yourself before you wreck yourself
  6. check-call
  7. check-called
  8. check-calling
  9. check-calls
  10. check-fold
  11. check-folds

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