Meaning of Checking | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The act of physically keeping an opposing player in check.
   countable, uncountable
2. A checking account.
   countable, informal
3. An act whereby one checks something or someone (in any sense).
   countable, uncountable
4. The crossing of solutions in a grid.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Withdraw⟳ $5000 from checking and put⟳ it into savings.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“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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