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sweep check

noun Ice Hockey.

a maneuver for depriving an opponent of the puck by seizing it in the crook of one's stick and pulling it away with a movement in a long arc, the stick being held level or nearly level with the ice.Compare check1(def 37).

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Nearby words

  1. sweelinck,
  2. sweelinck, jan pieterszoon,
  3. sweeny,
  4. sweep,
  5. sweep account,
  6. sweep hand,
  7. sweep off someone's feet,
  8. sweep under the rug,
  9. sweep-saw,
  10. sweep-second

Origin of sweep check

First recorded in 1960–65
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