body check
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of body check
First recorded in 1890–95
Example Sentences
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Tye Kartye threw a leveling body check and then got #SEAKraken on board moments later with a pinpoint wrist shot from the left circle at 11:04.
From Seattle Times ● May 4, 2023
"It's a body check to get back mentally," White Sox manager Tony La Russa said of the early start.
From Fox News ● Apr. 19, 2021
As I did the body check, I knew I was OK.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2018
Best hit: The Flyers finished with a 38-32 advantage in hits in what was another physical game, but none of them were better than Tom Wilson’s body check of Pierre-Edouard Bellemare in the first period.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 24, 2016
He put me through a hard, grueling work-out, showing me how to snap the ball; how to charge and body check.
From Football Days Memories of the Game and of the Men behind the Ball by Edwards, William Hanford
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