checking
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Pronunciation
Verb
checking
- present participle and gerund of check
Noun
checking (countable and uncountable, plural checkings)
- (ice hockey) The act of physically keeping an opposing player in check.
- (countable, finance, informal) A checking account.
- Withdraw $5000 from checking and put it into savings.
- An act whereby one checks something or someone (in any sense).
- 1991, Kathleen Conlon, Unfinished Business, →ISBN:
- The gin had a delayed reaction. Its effect didn't become felt until Valerie had, after a wearisome walk and numerous checkings of her map, reached the flat.
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