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check-up

check-up is the alternative form of checkup.

Meaning of checkup

Noun

checkup (plural checkups)

  1. A routine visit to the doctor, dentist, or the like.
    • The appointment was just for a checkup.
  2. A routine inspection.
    • I took my car in for an annual checkup.

Forms of check-up

pluralcheck-ups

Origin of check-up

Deverbal from check up.

Questions about check-up

What is check-up the alternative form of?
Check-up is the alternative form of checkup.

Words near check-up in the dictionary

  1. check-reins
  2. check-swing
  3. check-swings
  4. check-taker
  5. check-takers
  6. check-up
  7. check-ups
  8. checkability
  9. checkable
  10. checkage
  11. checkages

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Adapted from Wiktionary: check-up (page history and authors); checkup (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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