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spot-check

spot-check is the alternative form of spot check.

Meaning of spot check

Noun

spot check (plural spot checks)

  1. (idiomatic) A cursory inspection or examination, especially of a sample of something.
    • They do not measure each one, but they do a spot check on a few parts before shipping.

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Forms of spot-check

Noun
pluralspot-checks
Verb
third-person singular presentspot-checks
present participlespot-checking
past participlespot-checked
pastspot-checked

Questions about spot-check

What is spot-check the alternative form of?
Spot-check is the alternative form of spot check.

Words near spot-check in the dictionary

  1. spot-barred
  2. spot-billed pelican
  3. spot-billed pelicans
  4. spot-breasted lapwing
  5. spot-breasted lapwings
  6. spot-check
  7. spot-checked
  8. spot-checking
  9. spot-checks
  10. spot-clean
  11. spot-cleaned

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Adapted from Wiktionary: spot-check (page history and authors); spot check (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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