"shoulder check" meaning in English

See shoulder check in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: shoulder checks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} shoulder check (plural shoulder checks)
  1. (Canada, US) An instance of looking backwards over one's shoulder while driving or biking, before changing lanes or making a turn, to see if any vehicles are in one's blind spots. Tags: Canada, US
    Sense id: en-shoulder_check-en-noun-VgcuJH~h Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50

Verb

Forms: shoulder checks [present, singular, third-person], shoulder checking [participle, present], shoulder checked [participle, past], shoulder checked [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} shoulder check (third-person singular simple present shoulder checks, present participle shoulder checking, simple past and past participle shoulder checked)
  1. (intransitive, Canada, US) To look backwards over one's shoulder while driving or biking, before changing lanes or making a turn, to see if any vehicles are in one's blind spots. Tags: Canada, US, intransitive
    Sense id: en-shoulder_check-en-verb-dw9ojvix Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50

Inflected forms

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