| to obstruct or impede the movement or progress of an attacking opponent in the opponent's own defensive zone. Compare back-check, check 1 (def. 15). |

| fore-check (fôr'chěk', fōr'-) intr.v. fore-checked, fore-check·ing, fore-checks To check an ice-hockey opponent in the opponent's own defensive zone. fore'-check'er n. |