Entertainment / Ice Hockey / Stick Check: Checking an opponent with the stick. See hook check; poke check; sweep check.
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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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Stick Adjective Synonyms: pierce, thrust, stab, transfix, pin, spike, impale, spear, spit, run through, poke, gore, jab, prick, puncture, punch, penetrate, drill, bore, riddle, perforate
Stick Verb Synonyms: linger, dwell, remain (fixed), continue, stay, be or become lodged or stopped or fixed or fast or immovable or stationary, be or become entangled or enmired or bogged down
Stick Noun Synonyms: put, drop, place, deposit, shove, plonk, plunk, plop
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Entertainment / Ice Hockey / Cross-Checking: A minor penalty which occurs when a player holds his stick in both hands and drives the shaft into an opponent; a stick check where a player has both hands on the stick and no part of the stick on the 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
Entertainment / Ice Hockey / Checking: 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 a MORE
Business / Finance / Check: The acceptable Treasury security with the highest implied repo rate; the rate that a seller of a futures contract can earn by buying an issue and then delivering it at the settlement date. MORE
Business / Finance / Registered Check: A check issued and guaranteed by a bank for a customer who provides funds for payment of the check. MORE
Business / Finance / Rubber Check: A check that bounces for lack of funds. MORE