"spot-check" meaning in English

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      "form": "spot-checks",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "word": "spot check"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of spot check"
      ],
      "id": "en-spot-check-en-noun-OggIvyMN",
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  "word": "spot-check"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "spot-checks",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spot-checking",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spot-checked",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spot-checked",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "word": "spot check"
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1962 April, R. K. Evans, “The Acceptance Testing of Diesel Locomotives”, in Modern Railways, page 269, photo caption",
          "text": "Metro-Vick Type 2 diesel No. D5704 undergoing a test of the generator output, using a mobile force-cooled resistance unit developed by B.T.H. for spot-checking locomotive power equipment away from a main works.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "Alternative form of spot check"
      ],
      "id": "en-spot-check-en-verb-OggIvyMN",
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      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "spot-check"
}

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    "English multiword terms",
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "spot-checks",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "spot check"
        }
      ],
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        "Alternative form of spot check"
      ],
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  "word": "spot-check"
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    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "English verbs"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "spot-checks",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spot-checking",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spot-checked",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spot-checked",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "spot check"
        }
      ],
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        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1962 April, R. K. Evans, “The Acceptance Testing of Diesel Locomotives”, in Modern Railways, page 269, photo caption",
          "text": "Metro-Vick Type 2 diesel No. D5704 undergoing a test of the generator output, using a mobile force-cooled resistance unit developed by B.T.H. for spot-checking locomotive power equipment away from a main works.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "Alternative form of spot check"
      ],
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        [
          "spot check",
          "spot check#English"
        ]
      ],
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    }
  ],
  "word": "spot-check"
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