check

check has 58 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 5.

Definitions

• n.. A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece, expose it to immediate capture. A king so menaced is said to be in check, and must be made safe at the next move.
• n.. A condition of interrupted or impeded progress; arrest; stop; delay; as, to hold an enemy in check.
• n.. Whatever arrests progress, or limits action; an obstacle, guard, restraint, or rebuff.
• n.. A mark, certificate, or token, by which, errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified; as, checks placed against items in an account; a check given for baggage; a return check on a railroad.
• n.. A written order directing a bank or banker to pay money as therein stated. See Bank check, below.
• n.. A woven or painted design in squares resembling the patten of a checkerboard; one of the squares of such a design; also, cloth having such a figure.
• n.. The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds.
• n.. Small chick or crack.
• v. t.. To make a move which puts an adversary's piece, esp. his king, in check; to put in check.
• v. t.. To put a sudden restraint upon; to stop temporarily; to hinder; to repress; to curb.
• v. t.. To verify, to guard, to make secure, by means of a mark, token, or other check; to distinguish by a check; to put a mark against (an item) after comparing with an original or a counterpart in order to secure accuracy; as, to check an account; to check baggage.
• v. t.. To chide, rebuke, or reprove.