bodycheck

[bod-ee-chek]

verb (used with or without object)

1. Ice Hockey.,  to obstruct or impede the movement or progress of an opponent with one's body.

bodycheck

/ ˈbɒdɪˌtʃɛk /

noun

1. sport obstruction of another player

2. wrestling the act of blocking a charging opponent with the body

verb

1. (tr) to deliver a bodycheck to (an opponent)

Word History and Origins

Origin of bodycheck¹

First recorded in 1905–10; verb use of body check

Example Sentences

Justine wanted to bodycheck opponents.

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Johnson, 29, was playing for the Nottingham Panthers of the Elite Ice Hockey League and died after his throat was slashed by the skate blade of an opposing player who’d attempted to bodycheck him.

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Top players getting blasted out of playoff series is nothing new, predating even the late Pat Quinn knocking Boston Bruins legend Bobby Orr out cold 54 years ago with a borderline bodycheck to the chin.

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It was a bodycheck that left both men flattened.

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If Klopp had reason for mild optimism it will have been slightly tempered by the need for Fabinho to watch his step after the central defender was booked for a shameless bodycheck on Yedlin as the right wing-back accelerated with menace.

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