check
interjection
No English definition recorded for this entry.
L334019 on Wikidata ↗verb
- verify, confirm
- make checkmarks
noun
- pattern of intersecting vertical and horizontal lines
- chess condition
- slip indicating the amount due: bill
- examination
- signed document drawing funds from a bank account
- to have power over, curb or moderate
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɛk/ / [t͡ʃʰɛk̚]
adj
Etymology: By shortening from chequer, from Old French eschequier (“chessboard”), from Medieval Latin scaccarium, ultimately from the same Persian root as above.
- Checky, i.e. chequy.
“CHECKY, […] Checky, according to Colombiere, is one of the most noble and ancient figures […] Checky is always composed of metal, and colour. […] So that if that be or, and the next gules, the house or family is said to bear check, or, and gules. When the whole shield is not chequered , but only the chief, a bend, cross, or the like, the number of ranges should be expressed.”
“He died about 1270; and his son, Sir Robert, assisted the brave Sir William Wallace, and died in 1800. BOYD ARMS. Azure, a fesse check, argent et gules.”
intj
Etymology: From Middle English chekken, partly from Old French eschequier and partly from the noun (see above).
- An expression showing that a requirement has been satisfied.
“Keys? Check. Batteries? Check. We are all ready to go!”
- An expression that indicates that the speaker wishes to pay the bill (e.g. in a restaurant).
name
- A surname.
noun
- Alternative form of chick (“window blind or door screen”).
verb
Etymology: By shortening from chequer, from Old French eschequier (“chessboard”), from Medieval Latin scaccarium, ultimately from the same Persian root as above.
- To mark with a check pattern.