backcheck
backcheck · backchecks · backchecked · backchecking
To check while skating toward or near one's own goalTo check (an opposing player) while skating toward or near one's own goal.
Meaning
3 senses(transitive)To check (an opposing player) while skating toward or near one's own goal.
(intransitive)To engage in checking while skating toward or near one's own goal.
To check someone else's work after they have completed it, in a backward-looking type of review or audit, especially one that runs on a backchannel workflow in parallel with the main workflow (and thus is not a rate-determining or throughput-bottlenecking step).
Origin
From back + check.From back + check.
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Forms
backchecks, backchecking, backchecked, backchecked| Base form | backcheck · to backcheck |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | backchecks |
| Present participle | backchecking |
| Past simple | backchecked |
| Past participle | backchecked |
regular · Lesson
Word family
1 related wordsDerivedbackchecker
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle