The act of physically keeping an opposing player in check.(noun)
A checking account.(noun)
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Use "checking" in a sentence
"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."