- hook check
- noun Date: circa 1939 an act or instance of attempting to knock the puck away from an opponent in ice hockey by hooking it with the stick
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
hook check
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hook-check — See hook check. * * * … Universalium
hook check — Ice Hockey. a maneuver for depriving an opponent of the puck by seizing it in the crook of one s stick. Cf. check1 (def. 42). [1935 40] * * * … Universalium
hook check — noun : a technique of gaining possession of an ice hockey puck or diverting it to a teammate by hooking it away from the opponent with one s stick * * * Ice Hockey. a maneuver for depriving an opponent of the puck by seizing it in the crook of… … Useful english dictionary
check — check; check·a·ble; check·age; check·er·ist; check·er·man; check·ers; check·hook; check·less; check·row·er; re·check; un·check; check·mate; coun·ter·check; … English syllables
check — I n. order to a bank (BE has cheque) 1) to issue, make out, write out a check to 2) to draw a check against one s account; to draw a check on a bank 3) to cash; clear; deposit; present a check 4) to cover a check (by making a deposit) 5) to… … Combinatory dictionary
check — check1 checkless, adj. /chek/, v., n., pl. checks or, for 45, chex, adj., interj. v.t. 1. to stop or arrest the motion of suddenly or forcibly: He checked the horse at the edge of the cliff. 2. to restrain; hold in restraint or control: They… … Universalium
hook — breast·hook; check·hook; fish·hook; hook; hook·a·roon; hook·ish; hook·less; hook·let; hook·man; hook·um; hook·um·pake; hook·wormy; kin·der·hook; pin·hook·er; un·hook; hook·er; kin·der·hook·ian; … English syllables
Check hook — after a side step Also known as France: Crochet en riposte lors du relâchement post attaque Fo … Wikipedia
Check hook — Check Check (ch[e^]k), n. [OE. chek, OF. eschec, F. [ e]chec, a stop, hindrance, orig. check in the game of chess, pl. [ e]checs chess, through Ar., fr. Pers. sh[=a]h king. See {Shah}, and cf. {Checkmate}, {Chess}, {Checker}.] 1. (Chess) A word… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Check — (ch[e^]k), n. [OE. chek, OF. eschec, F. [ e]chec, a stop, hindrance, orig. check in the game of chess, pl. [ e]checs chess, through Ar., fr. Pers. sh[=a]h king. See {Shah}, and cf. {Checkmate}, {Chess}, {Checker}.] 1. (Chess) A word of warning… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
