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heat checker

heat checker noun: a player who performs a heat check.

Noun

heat checker (plural heat checkers)

  1. A player who performs a heat check.
    • [Markieff] Morris isn’t quite the post-up threat that [Enes] Kanter is, and he can play both the 4 spot and 5 spot instead of just center, like Kanter. He is capable of playing a similar way, backing defenders down in the post. He prefers getting his buckets there with a bevy of fade-aways and...2019 February 25, Brett Dawson, Fred Katz, “How power forward Markieff Morris might fit in with the Thunder”, in The Athletic

Forms of heat checker

pluralheat checkers

Origin of heat checker

From heat check + -er.

Questions about heat checker

What does heat checker mean?
Heat checker means a player who performs a heat check.
What part of speech is heat checker?
Heat checker is a noun.
What is the plural of heat checker?
The plural of heat checker is heat checkers.

Words near heat checker in the dictionary

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

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