Definition of checks

"checks" in the noun sense

1. check, bank check, cheque

a written order directing a bank to pay money

"he paid all his bills by check"

2. assay, check

an appraisal of the state of affairs

"they made an assay of the contents"

"a check on its dependability under stress"

3. check, chit, tab

the bill in a restaurant

"he asked the waiter for the check"

4. arrest, check, halt, hitch, stay, stop, stoppage

the state of inactivity following an interruption

"the negotiations were in arrest"

"held them in check"

"during the halt he got some lunch"

"the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow"

"he spent the entire stop in his seat"

5. confirmation, verification, check, substantiation

additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct

"fossils provided further confirmation of the evolutionary theory"

6. check, checkout, check-out procedure

the act of inspecting or verifying

"they made a check of their equipment"

"the pilot ran through the check-out procedure"

7. check mark, check, tick

a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.

"as he called the role he put a check mark by each student's name"

8. hindrance, hinderance, deterrent, impediment, balk, baulk, check, handicap

something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress

9. check, chip

a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something

10. check

a textile pattern of squares or crossed lines (resembling a checkerboard

"she wore a skirt with checks"

11. bridle, check, curb

the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess

"his common sense is a bridle to his quick temper"

12. check

obstructing an opponent in ice hockey

13. check

chess) a direct attack on an opponent's king

"checks" in the verb sense

1. check, check up on, look into, check out, suss out, check over, go over, check into

examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition

"check the brakes"

"Check out the engine"

2. check

make an examination or investigation

"check into the rumor"

"check the time of the class"

3. see, check, insure, see to it, ensure, control, ascertain, assure

be careful or certain to do something make certain of something

"He verified that the valves were closed"

"See that the curtains are closed"

"control the quality of the product"

4. control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate

lessen the intensity of temper hold in restraint hold or keep within limits

"moderate your alcohol intake"

"hold your tongue"

"hold your temper"

"control your anger"

5. check

stop for a moment, as if out of uncertainty or caution

"She checked for an instant and missed a step"

6. check, check off, mark, mark off, tick off, tick

put a check mark on or near or next to

"Please check each name on the list"

"tick off the items"

"mark off the units"

7. check, retard, delay

slow the growth or development of

"The brain damage will retard the child's language development"

8. check, check out

be verified or confirmed pass inspection

"These stories don't check!"

9. match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree

be compatible, similar or consistent coincide in their characteristics

"The two stories don't agree in many details"

"The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"

"The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun"

10. check

block or impede (a player from the opposing team) in ice hockey

11. discipline, train, check, condition

develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice especially to teach self-control

"Parents must discipline their children"

"Is this dog trained?"

12. check

consign for shipment on a vehicle

"check your luggage before boarding"

13. check

hand over something to somebody as for temporary safekeeping

"Check your coat at the door"

14. check

abandon the intended prey, turn, and pursue an inferior prey

15. check

stop in a chase especially when scent is lost

"The dog checked"

16. check, checker, chequer

mark into squares or draw squares on draw crossed lines on

17. check

decline to initiate betting

18. check, turn back, arrest, stop, contain, hold back

hold back, as of a danger or an enemy check the expansion or influence of

"Arrest the downward trend"

"Check the growth of communism in South East Asia"

"Contain the rebel movement"

"Turn back the tide of communism"

19. check

place into check

"He checked my kings"

20. check

write out a check on a bank account

21. determine, check, find out, see, ascertain, watch, learn

find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort

"I want to see whether she speaks French"

"See whether it works"

"find out if he speaks Russian"

"Check whether the train leaves on time"

22. check

verify by consulting a source or authority

"check the spelling of this word"

"check your facts"

23. check

arrest the motion (of something) abruptly

"He checked the flow of water by shutting off the main valve"

24. check, chink

make cracks or chinks in

"The heat checked the paint"

25. crack, check, break

become fractured break or crack on the surface only

"The glass cracked when it was heated"

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Quotations for checks

Love is a torrent that one checks by digging a bed for it. [ Commerson ]

Ridicule, while it often checks what is absurd, fully as often smothers that which is noble. [ Scott ]

Poetry teaches the enormous force of a few words, and, in proportion to the inspiration, checks loquacity. [ Emerson ]

Oh, fair undress, best dress! It checks no vein, but every flowing limb in pleasure drowns, and heightens ease with grace. [ Thomson ]

In the matter of diet - which is another main thing - I have been persistently strict in sticking to the things which didn't agree with me until one or the other of us got the best of it. Until lately I got the best of it myself. But last spring I stopped frolicking with mince-pie after midnight; up to then I had always believed it wasn't loaded. For thirty years I have taken coffee and bread at eight in the morning, and no bite nor sup until seven-thirty in the evening. Eleven hours. That is all right for me, and is wholesome, because I have never had a headache in my life, but headachy people would not reach seventy comfortably by that road, and they would be foolish to try it. And I wish to urge upon you this - which I think is wisdom - that if you find you can't make seventy by any but an uncomfortable road, don't you go. When they take off the Pullman and retire you to the rancid smoker, put on your things, count your checks, and get out at the first way station where there's a cemetery. [ Mark Twain, Seventieth Birthday speech ]

checks in Scrabble®

The word checks is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 17

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters checks:

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checks in Words With Friends™

The word checks is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 18

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Words within the letters of checks

2 letter words in checks (2 words)

3 letter words in checks (2 words)

4 letter words in checks (1 word)

5 letter words in checks (1 word)

6 letter words in checks (1 word)

Word Growth involving checks

Shorter words in checks

he heck check

Longer words containing checks

airchecks

backchecks

bodychecks

checkstring checkstrings

checksum checksummed

checksum checksumming

checksum checksums

counterchecks

crosschecks

doublechecks

factchecks

hatchecks

namechecks

overchecks

paritychecks

paychecks

pinchecks

rainchecks

rechecks forechecks

rechecks prechecks

selfchecks

sidechecks

soundchecks

spellchecks

unchecks

underchecks