"body-check" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: body-checks [present, singular, third-person], body-checking [participle, present], body-checked [participle, past], body-checked [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} body-check (third-person singular simple present body-checks, present participle body-checking, simple past and past participle body-checked)
  1. To perform a body check; to shove.
    Sense id: en-body-check-en-verb-EpVkxGVc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for body-check meaning in English (1.2kB)

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