back-check

[bak-chek]

verb (used without object)

Ice Hockey.

1. to skate back toward one's defensive zone obstructing or impeding the movement or progress of one or more opponents on attack.

verb (used with object)

1. to check over or through; review.

   Back-check the files to see if the patient's records are there.

Word History and Origins

Origin of back-check¹

First recorded in 1935–40