To disrupt another player with the stick or body to obtain possession of the ball or puck.
To inspect; to examine.
To leave with a shipping agent for shipping.
To verify the accuracy of a text or translation, usually making some corrections (proofread) or many (copyedit).
To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds.
To pass or bounce the ball to an opponent from behind the three-point line and have the opponent pass or bounce it back to start play.
To make a move which puts an adversary's king in check; to put in check.
To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc.
To chide, rebuke, or reprove.
To announce that one is remaining in a hand without betting.
To verify or compare with a source of information.
To leave in safekeeping.
To control, limit, or halt.
To mark items on a list (with a checkmark or by crossing them out) that have been chosen for keeping or removal or that have been dealt with (for example, completed or verified as correct or satisfactory).
To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended.
To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack.
To act as a curb or restraint.
To make a stop; to pause; with at.
To mark with a check pattern.
Divided into small squares (chequers) by transverse vertical and horizontal lines.
The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds.
A maneuver performed by a player to take another player out of the play.
Any fabric woven with such a pattern.
A situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece.
A mark (especially a checkmark: ✓) used as an indicator.
A bill, particularly in a restaurant.
A control; a limit or stop.
An inspection or examination.
A small chink or crack.
A lengthwise separation through the growth rings in wood.
An order to a bank to pay money to a named person or entity.
A mark, certificate, or token by which errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified.
A pattern made up of a grid of squares of alternating colors; a checkered pattern.
A token used instead of cash in gaming machines, or in gambling generally.
To play the game of cricket.
A relatively small area of a roof constructed to divert water from a horizontal intersection of the roof with a chimney, wall, expansion joint, or other projection.
A signalling device used by soldiers in hostile territory to identify themselves to a friendly in low visibility conditions.
A variant of the game of darts. See Cricket (darts).
An aural warning sound consisting of a continuously-repeating chime, designed to be difficult for pilots to ignore.
A wooden footstool.
An insect in the order Orthoptera, especially family Gryllidae, that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wing casings against combs on its hind legs.
A game played outdoors with bats and a ball between two teams of eleven, popular in England and many Commonwealth countries.
An act that is fair and sportsmanlike.
In the form crickets: absolute silence; no communication.