Definition of "checking" []

• Present participle of check. (verb)
• The act of physically keeping an opposing player in check. (noun)
• A checking account. (noun)

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• "You've got everybody on the board locked, and he had the winning hand, and that's what you call checking a lock."
• "I did some label checking and found the Whole Foods 365 brand corn taco shells had considerably less sodium than the brand the recipe author likes (Taco Bell)."
• "Great to see one of senators saw the necessity to begin checking these out of contorl airlines."