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shoulder checking

shoulder checking is the present participle and gerund of shoulder check.

Meaning of shoulder check

Verb

shoulder check (third-person singular simple present shoulder checks, present participle shoulder checking, simple past and past participle shoulder checked)

  1. (Canada, US, intransitive) To look backwards over one's shoulder while driving or biking, before changing lanes or making a turn, to see if any vehicles are in one's blind spots.
  2. (transitive) To check (strongly bump into) with one's shoulder(s).

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Questions about shoulder checking

What is shoulder checking the present participle and gerund of?
Shoulder checking is the present participle and gerund of shoulder check.

Words near shoulder checking in the dictionary

  1. shoulder bones
  2. shoulder button
  3. shoulder buttons
  4. shoulder check
  5. shoulder checked
  6. shoulder checking
  7. shoulder checks
  8. shoulder devil
  9. shoulder devils
  10. shoulder display
  11. shoulder drop

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