cross-check

[ verb kraws-chek, kros-; noun kraws-chek, -chek, kros- ]

/ verb ˈkrɔsˈtʃɛk, ˈkrɒs-; noun ˈkrɔsˌtʃɛk, -ˈtʃɛk, ˈkrɒs- /

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verb (used with object)

to determine the accuracy of (something) by checking it with various sources.

Ice Hockey. to execute a cross-check on (an opponent).

noun

the act of cross-checking.

a means of cross-checking: I examined contemporary newspaper reports as a cross-check on his account.

Ice Hockey. an obstructing or impeding of the movement or progress of an opponent by placing the stick, with both hands, across the opponent's body or face.Compare check¹ (def. 40).

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Origin of cross-check

First recorded in 1935–40

OTHER WORDS FROM cross-check

cross-checker, noun

Words nearby cross-check

crossbreed, cross-breeding, cross bridging, crossbuck, cross-buttock, cross-check, cross colour, cross-compound, cross-correlation, cross-country, cross-country skiing

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How to use cross-check in a sentence

In this cockamamie get-rich scheme, would they all issue an apology if he cut a check?
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We try to avoid going away for too long, so we can check back in.
Belle & Sebastian Aren’t So Shy Anymore|James Joiner|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The Via Dolorosa ends at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, and is marked by nine stations of the cross.
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If they were meaningful, we might have realized it before—surely one of these kids wore a cross, or a yarmulke, or a hijab?
Harry Potter and the Torah of Terror|Candida Moss, Joel Baden|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST

She came to sound check, that was the first time we ever performed it, and it was really cool.
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In cross-section the burrows varied from round (three inches in diameter) to oval (three inches high and four inches wide).
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I cannot believe that God would think it necessary to come on earth as a man, and die on the Cross.
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford
At Jaques Cartier they had but one batteau to cross the army over with, and were fired upon during the whole time by two frigates.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
"Very well," said the other, handing him a check for twenty-five dollars as a retainer, and straightway left the office.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
Father Salvierderra said if we repined under our crosses, then a heavier cross would be laid on us.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson

British Dictionary definitions for cross-check

crosscheck

/ (ˌkrɒsˈtʃɛk) /

verb

to verify (a fact, report, etc) by considering conflicting opinions or consulting other sources

(in ice hockey) to check illegally, as by chopping at an opponent's arms or stick

noun

the act or an instance of crosschecking

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