hook check
noun Ice Hockey.
a maneuver for depriving an opponent of the puck by seizing it in the crook of one's stick.Compare check1(def 37).
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Origin of hook check
First recorded in 1935–40
Words nearby hook check
hooghly, hook, hook and eye, hook and ladder, hook bolt, hook check, hook of holland, hook or crook, hook shot, hook up, hook, captain
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