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cross-check

[v. kraws-chek, kros-; n. kraws-chek, -chek, kros-]
–verb (used with object)
1. to determine the accuracy of (something) by checking it with various sources.
2. Ice Hockey. to execute a cross-check on (an opponent).
–noun
3. the act of cross-checking.
4. a means of cross-checking: I examined contemporary newspaper reports as a cross-check on his account.
5. 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 check (def. 42).

Origin:
1935–40


cross-checker, noun
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cross·check   (krôs'chěk', krŏs'-)   
tr.v.   cross·checked, cross·check·ing, cross·checks
  1. To verify by comparing with parallel or supplementary data.

  2. Sports To check illegally in ice hockey by striking an opponent with one's hockey stick held in both hands and lifted off the ice.

n.  The act of crosschecking.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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