What does checking mean?
Definitions for checking
check·ing
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word checking.
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checkingnoun
The act of physically keeping an opposing player in check.
Webster Dictionary
Checking
of Check
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Checking
Checking in ice hockey is any one of a number of defensive techniques. It is usually not a penalty.
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Rank popularity for the word 'checking' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3198
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of checking in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of checking in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of checking in a Sentence
After toting around parent-teacher conferences and checking my children’s homework, I became alarmingly aware that the education my children were receiving in school fell short.
The Rooney rule is intended to give minorities an opportunity to sit down in front of ownership, but what I think it’s turned into an instance in which guys are just checking the box, and that’s been the case. I’ve been on some interviews in the past where I’ve had that feeling. There’s always no way to know for sure, but you know. I know I’m not alone.
Police are checking into me and some came to my temporary residences to find me. I fear that once they've found me then they will threaten me and stop me talking.
Baluchistan Home Minister Ziaullah Langove:
Terrorists offloaded 14 persons from different buses after checking their NICs. They took them and killed them.
It seems that there is a second Frenchman, We are checking his identity.
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