Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛkɪŋ/Category:English 2-syllable words#CHECKINGCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#CHECKING

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• Rhymes: -ɛkɪŋCategory:Rhymes:English/ɛkɪŋ#CHECKINGCategory:Rhymes:English/ɛkɪŋ/2 syllables#CHECKING

Verb

checkingCategory:English non-lemma forms#CHECKINGCategory:English verb forms#CHECKINGCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#CHECKINGCategory:Pages with entries#CHECKINGCategory:Pages with 1 entry#CHECKING

1. present participle and gerund of check

Noun

checking (countable and uncountable, plural checkings)Category:English lemmas#CHECKINGCategory:English nouns#CHECKINGCategory:English uncountable nouns#CHECKINGCategory:English countable nouns#CHECKINGCategory:English countable nouns#CHECKINGCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#CHECKINGCategory:Pages with entries#CHECKINGCategory:Pages with 1 entry#CHECKING

1. (ice hockeyCategory:en:Ice hockey#CHECKING) The act of physically keeping an opposing player in check.
2. (countableCategory:English countable nouns#CHECKING, financeCategory:en:Finance#CHECKING, informalCategory:English informal terms#CHECKING) A checking account.

   Withdraw $5000 from checking and put it into savings.Category:English terms with usage examples#CHECKING

3. An act whereby one checks something or someone (in any sense).
   • 1991, Kathleen Conlon, Unfinished Business, →ISBN:

     The gin had a delayed reaction. Its effect didn't become felt until Valerie had, after a wearisome walk and numerous checkings of her map, reached the flat.

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4. (crosswordingCategory:en:Crosswording#CHECKING) The crossing of solutions in a grid.
   • 1977, Games & Puzzles:

     One must reckon to solve at least three of the Playfair clues independently before cracking the code and getting checking to help with solving the fourth.

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   • 1977, Games & Puzzles:

     What about the corpus of Ximenes - Azed specials? In 'Printer's Devilry' checking is normal but the clues are special.

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   • 2020 August 20, Telegraph Media Group Ltd, The Telegraph: How To Solve a Cryptic Crossword: Mastering cryptic crosswords made easy, Hachette UK, →ISBN:

     An added complication is that double definition answers are often very short, typically between four and six letters long, so there are lots of possibilities even when you have checking letters.

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Derived terms