Definition of "checkmating" []

• Present participle of checkmate. (verb)

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• "I puzzled my head a good deal to find out some way of checkmating the Greeks, as also did Charley, and we broached a thousand expedients which on discussion proved worthless."
• "They are now checkmating the government and the political sphere."
• "Nf7 came 2 Bh2, with the idea of transferring the queen to f4, setting up a checkmating battery."