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heat check

heat check noun: a difficult or risky shot attempted by a player who has made several consecutive successful shots, aiming to test whether they can maintain their streak.

Noun

heat check (plural heat checks)

  1. A difficult or risky shot attempted by a player who has made several consecutive successful shots, aiming to test whether they can maintain their streak.
    • Great shooters have a short memory. Regardless of how many shots they might miss in a game, they step into the next one like it’s a heat check. It’s not just about makes and misses. It’s about an ability to make constant adjustments, staying confident in your technique and living with the results.2022 February 2, C.J. Holmes, “NBA 75: Great shooting is an art form, but it takes time and work to forge”, in The Athletic

heat check meaning in Tamil

heat check in Tamil

வெப்ப அயர்வு விரிசல்

Forms of heat check

pluralheat checks

Words formed from heat check

Questions about heat check

What does heat check mean?
Heat check means a difficult or risky shot attempted by a player who has made several consecutive successful shots, aiming to test whether they can maintain their streak.
What is heat check in Tamil?
Heat check in Tamil is வெப்ப அயர்வு விரிசல். See Heat check meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is heat check?
Heat check is a noun.
What is the plural of heat check?
The plural of heat check is heat checks.

Words near heat check in the dictionary

  1. heat bursts
  2. heat capacities
  3. heat capacity
  4. heat capacity ratio
  5. heat capacity ratios
  6. heat check
  7. heat checker
  8. heat conductance
  9. heat conductances
  10. heat conductivities
  11. heat conductivity

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Adapted from Wiktionary: heat check (page history and authors); heat check (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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