Entertainment / Ice Hockey / Check: Any contact initiated by a defending player against an opponent to get the puck away from him or slow him down; there are two main types of checks: stick check and body check; these are only allowed against a player in control of the puck or against the last player to control it immediately after he gives it up; checking after too many steps or strides becomes charging.
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Check Noun Synonyms: stop, stopping, cease, surcease, hesitation, cessation, stoppage, interruption, break, pause, balk or baulk, discontinuity, discontinuation, discontinuance, suspension
Check Verb Synonyms: stop, arrest, stay, halt, obstruct, block, limit, retard, slow, brake, curb, hinder, hamper, impede, thwart
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Entertainment / Ice Hockey / Hook Check: a sweep of the stick low to the ice to take the puck from an opponent?€™s stick. MORE
Entertainment / Ice Hockey / Poke Check: A stick check on which the player jabs his stick blade at the puck or an opponent's stick to dislodge the puck. MORE
Technology / Television (TV) / Check Switch: Running a check switch procedure starts a series of tests in DISH Network satellite TV system receivers which confirms that a good signal connection between the receiver and the multi-sat dish switch MORE