checkings

Noun

checking (countable and uncountable, plural checkings)

1. The act of physically keeping an opposing player in check.
2. (countable, informal) A checking account.
   • Withdraw $5000 from checking and put it into savings.
3. An act whereby one checks something or someone (in any sense).
   • The gin had a delayed reaction. Its effect didn't become felt until Valerie had, after a wearisome walk and numerous checkings of her map, reached the flat.1991, Kathleen Conlon, Unfinished Business, →ISBN
4. (crosswording) The crossing of solutions in a grid.
   • One must reckon to solve at least three of the Playfair clues independently before cracking the code and getting checking to help with solving the fourth.1977, Games & Puzzles