(ice hockey) The act of physically keeping an opposing player in check.
(informal) A checking account.
verb
present participle of check
checkline
checklist
checklist
noun
A list of tasks to be completed, names to be consulted, conditions to be verified and similar.
An inventory, especially of species.
verb
(transitive) To add to a checklist.
checklisted
checklisted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of checklist
checklisting
checklisting
verb
present participle of checklist
checklists
checklists
noun
plural of checklist
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of checklist
checkmarking
checkmarking
verb
present participle of checkmark
checkmating
checkmating
verb
present participle of checkmate
checkpoint
checkpoint
noun
(computing) A situation, often represented by a point in time, at which the state of a database system is known to be valid, and to which it can be returned in the event of a crisis by using a combination of backups and logs; the data stored at this event.
(video games) A predetermined point in a map, level or scenario that the player may resume from if they die or restart from if they choose to.
A point or place where a check is performed, especially a point along a road or on a frontier where travellers are stopped for inspection
verb
To set a checkpoint.
checkpointed
checkpointed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of checkpoint
checkpointing
checkpointing
verb
present participle of checkpoint
checkpoints
checkpoints
noun
plural of checkpoint
checkrail
checkrail
noun
Alternative spelling of check rail
checkrein
checkrein
noun
A strap used to keep horses' heads high, fashionable in Victorian England but painful and damaging to a horse's neck.
checkrowing
checkrowing
verb
present participle of checkrow
checkstring
checkstring
noun
A cord used by a passenger in a carriage to signal to the driver to slow down or go faster.
checksumming
checksumming
verb
present participle of checksum
checkweigher
checkweigher
noun
Alternative form of check weigher
checkweighman
checkweighman
noun
A person, elected by miners, whose task is to check what the mine owner's weighman states has been the amount of coal that has been mined; used especially if the miners' wages are related to production.
checkweighmen
checkweighmen
noun
plural of checkweighman
checkwriter
checkwriter
noun
A machine that writes on preprinted checks in such a way as to prevent fraudulent alteration of the check.
One who writes checks.
cheekier
cheekier
adj
comparative form of cheeky: more cheeky
cheekiest
cheekiest
adj
superlative form of cheeky: most cheeky
cheekily
cheekily
adv
In a cheeky or impudent manner.
cheekiness
cheekiness
noun
The state of being cheeky
cheekinesses
cheekinesses
noun
plural of cheekiness
cheeking
cheeking
verb
present participle of cheek
cheekish
cheekpiece
cheekpiece
noun
A piece of armour, or the bridle of a horse, that protects the cheek.
cheesemaking
cheesemaking
noun
The production of cheese
cheewink
cheewink
noun
Alternative form of chewink
chekhovian
chekhovian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904) or his writings.
cheki
cheki
noun
(Turkish units of measurement) A unit of weight equal to 200 kg (441 lbs.).
(historical units of measurement) A former Turkish unit of weight equal to 100 dirhems (variously .15–.35 kg).
(historical units of measurement) A former Turkish unit of weight equal to 180 okas.
chekiang
chekist
chekist
Noun
A member of the Cheka.
chelyabinsk
chelyuskin
chemick
chemick
noun
Obsolete form of chemic.
chemicked
chemicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chemic
chemicker
chemicking
chemicking
verb
present participle of chemic
chemokinesis
chemokinesis
noun
(chemistry, biology) The motile response of an organism to chemical compounds, especially at a cellular level
chemokinetic
chemokinetic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or provoking chemokinesis
cherrylike
cherrylike
adj
Resembling a cherry, such as in shape, color, or flavor
cherubikon
cherublike
cherublike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cherub.
cheswick
cheswick
Proper noun
A village on the northern border of Bristol, England
chetnik
chetnik
noun
(now historical) A member of a Serbian royalist army band.
An adherent of an nationalist revival of the historical Chetnik movement.
chettik
chetverik
chetverik
noun
An old Russian dry measure, approximately 26.24 litres; one fourth of an osmina.
chewink
chewink
noun
A bird, Pipilo erythrophthalmus, the Eastern towhee.
chewinks
chewinks
noun
plural of chewink
chewstick
chewstick
noun
A twig with a frayed end, used for cleaning the teeth.
Any of various plants in the genus Gouania used for oral hygiene, especieally Gouania lupuloides, of the Caribbean.
chiack
chiack
noun
The act of chiacking.
verb
(Australia, New Zealand, Britain, transitive) To taunt or tease.
chiaki
chibouk
chibouk
noun
A Turkish tobacco pipe.
chibouks
chibouks
noun
plural of chibouk
chick
chick
noun
(India, Pakistan) A screen or blind made of finely slit bamboo and twine, hung in doorways or windows.
(colloquial, sometimes derogatory) A young, typically attractive, woman or teenage girl.
(dated, endearing) A young child.
(military, slang) A friendly fighter aircraft.
A young bird.
A young chicken.
verb
(obsolete) To sprout, as seed does in the ground; to vegetate.
To compress the lips and then separate them quickly, resulting in a percussive noise.
chickabiddy
chickabiddy
noun
(childish) A chicken or similar bird.
Term of endearment for a young child or loved one.
chickadee
chickadee
noun
A small passerine bird (songbird) of the genus Parus or the family Paridae.
Affectionate term of address.
chickadees
chickadees
noun
plural of chickadee
chickahominy
chickamauga
chickaree
chickaree
noun
(Canada, US) A small squirrel, one of the species of Tamiasciurus, that lives in evergreen forests of North America.
chickasaw
chickasaws
chickasha
chickee
chickee
noun
A traditional open-sided dwelling built by the Native Americans of Florida.
chickees
chickees
noun
plural of chickee
chickell
chicken
chicken
adj
(informal) Cowardly.
noun
(UK dialectal or obsolete) plural of chick
(archaic) The young of any bird; a chick.
(countable) A domesticated species of junglefowl (usually, Gallus gallus; sometimes, Gallus gallus domesticus or Gallus domesticus), especially so-called when young.
(countable, Polari) A young, attractive, slim man, usually having little body hair; compare chickenhawk.
(countable, slang) A coward.
(countable, slang) A young or inexperienced person.
A confrontational game in which the participants move toward each other at high speed (usually in automobiles); the player who turns first to avoid colliding into the other is the chicken (that is, the loser).
A simple dance in which the movements of a chicken are imitated.
The game of dare.
verb
(intransitive) To avoid a situation one is afraid of.
chickenberry
chickenbill
chickenbreasted
chickened
chickened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chicken
chickenhearted
chickenhearted
adj
Alternative form of chicken-hearted
chickenheartedly
chickenheartedly
adv
Alternative form of chicken-heartedly
chickenheartedness
chickenheartedness
noun
Alternative form of chicken-heartedness
chickenhood
chickenhood
noun
The state or period of being a chicken.
chickening
chickening
verb
present participle of chicken
chickenpox
chickenpox
noun
Alternative form of chicken pox
chickens
chickens
noun
plural of chicken
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chicken
chickenshit
chickenshit
adj
(slang, vulgar) petty and contemptible; contemptibly unimportant. (Compare bullshit.)
(vulgar, slang) cowardly
noun
(slang, vulgar) (A) petty and contemptible thing(s).
(slang, vulgar) coward
(vulgar, military, slang) A low-ranking officer who lords over and needlessly makes life miserable for his underlings; a petty, abusive martinet.
chickenshits
chickenshits
noun
plural of chickenshit
chickenweed
chickenweed
noun
The plant Euphorbia hypericifolia.
The plant Portulaca quadrifida.
The plant Senecio vulgaris.
chickenwort
chickenwort
noun
common chickweed
chicker
chickery
chickhood
chickhood
noun
The period of being a chick (young bird).
chickie
chickie
noun
(childish) A chick, a baby chicken
(slang, diminutive) A woman.
chickies
chickies
noun
plural of chickie
chickling
chickling
noun
A small chick or chicken; a baby chick.
The leguminous plant Lathyrus sativus as well as other Lathyrus species.
chickories
chickories
noun
plural of chickory
chickory
chickory
noun
Alternative spelling of chicory
chickpea
chickpea
noun
A seed of this plant, often used as a food.
An annual Asian plant (Cicer arietinum) in the pea family, widely cultivated for the edible seeds in its short inflated pods.
chickpeas
chickpeas
noun
plural of chickpea
chicks
chicks
noun
plural of chick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chick
chickstone
chickweed
chickweed
noun
Ageratum conyzoides, chickweed
Cerastium - mouse-ear chickweed
Holosteum - jagged chickweed
Moenchia - upright chickweed
Paronychia - chickweed
Stellaria pro parte - chickweed
especially common chickweed, Stellaria media, a common, edible weed in North America and Europe.
chickweeds
chickweeds
noun
plural of chickweed
chickwit
chicky
chicky
noun
(childish) Chick (young bird).
(childish) Chicken.
chiggak
chignik
chikamatsu
chikara
chikara
noun
A Hindu musical instrument of the violin class.
An Indian antelope (Gazella bennettii).
The Indian four-horned antelope (Tetracerus quadricornis).
chikee
chikmagalur
childkind
childkind
noun
All children, considered as a group.
childlike
childlike
adj
Innocent and trustful; credulous; artless.
Of, like, or suitable for a child.
childlikeness
childlikeness
noun
The state or quality of being childlike.
chilkat
chilkats
chilliwack
chilmark
chimakuan
chimakum
chimalakwe
chimarikan
chimariko
chimariko
Noun
A tribe that lived in a canyon on the Trinity River in California until they were all but destroyed in the mid-1800s, at which point survivors fled and assimilated into the Hupa and Shasta tribes.
Proper noun
The language spoken by this tribe, which is either a language isolate or perhaps Hokan.
chimkent
chimneylike
chimneylike
adj
Resembling a chimney, especially in shape
chinalike
chinalike
adj
Resembling china (the ceramic or porcelain material) or some aspect of it.
chinbeak
chinik
chiniks
chink
chink
noun
(countable) A slight sound as of metal objects touching each other; a clink.
(figuratively) A vulnerability or flaw in a protection system or in any otherwise formidable system.
(uncountable, colloquial, now rare) Ready money, especially in the form of coins.
A chip or dent in something metallic.
A narrow opening such as a fissure or crack.
Alternative form of kink (“gasp for breath”)
Alternative letter-case form of Chink
verb
(intransitive) To crack; to open.
(intransitive) To make a slight sound like that of metal objects touching.
(transitive) To cause to make a sharp metallic sound, as coins, small pieces of metal, etc., by bringing them into collision with each other.
(transitive) To cause to open in cracks or fissures.
(transitive) To fill an opening such as the space between logs in a log house with chinking; to caulk.
chinkapin
chinkapin
noun
Alternative form of chinquapin.
chinkara
chinkara
noun
Gazella bennettii, a species of gazelle found in India, Pakistan and Iran
chinked
chinked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chink
chinker
chinker
noun
Any material that is used to fill chinks
chinkerinchee
chinkerinchee
noun
Ornithogalum thyrsoides, a flowering plant endemic to the Cape Province in South Africa.
chinkers
chinkiang
chinkier
chinkiest
chinking
chinking
noun
The material used to fill the spaces between logs in a log house; caulking.
The sound of something that chinks.
verb
present participle of chink
chinkle
chinkle
noun
(nautical) A turn or kink in a rope.
(rare) A ringing sound of low volume.
verb
(rare, intransitive) To chink or jingle.
(transitive) To tinkle or cause to tinkle; to produce a continued chinking sound with.
chinks
chinks
noun
A type of chaps.
plural of chink
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chink
chinky
chinky
adj
(derogatory, offensive) Possessing attributes of, or similar to, a Chinese person or Chinese style or culture.
Full of chinks, laden with small cracks or openings.
noun
(Britain, slang, possibly offensive) A Chinese takeaway restaurant.
(Britain, slang, possibly offensive) A meal of Chinese food.
(India, slang, offensive) A person from Northeast India.
(slang, offensive) A Chinese person.
chinook
chinook
noun
(Canada, US, physics, meteorology) The descending, warm, dry wind on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains that generally blows from the southwest and can rapidly increase the temperature due to the much warmer air it brings.
The chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha).
chinookan
chinookan
Adjective
Of or relating to a small language family spoken in Oregon and Washington along the Columbia River by Chinook peoples.
chinooks
chinooks
noun
plural of chinook
chinovnik
chinovnik
noun
A bureaucrat in the Tsarist Russian government.
chipmuck
chipmuck
noun
Archaic form of chipmunk.
chipmucks
chipmucks
noun
plural of chipmuck
chipmunk
chipmunk
noun
A squirrel-like rodent of the genus Tamias, native mainly to North America.
verb
(transitive) To fill (one's mouth or cheeks) with food.
(transitive) To speed up (an audio recording, especially a song), to make the voices high-pitched.
(transitive) To stuff (food) into one's mouth or cheeks, sometimes as part of competitive eating.
chipmunks
chipmunks
noun
plural of chipmunk
chirikof
chirk
chirk
adj
(colloquial, US, chiefly New England) lively; cheerful; in good spirits
noun
the sound of a spoon rapidly whisking around a pot or basin.
verb
(intransitive, especially as "chirk up") To become happier.
(transitive, especially as "chirk up") To make happier.
To make the sound of a bird; to chirp.
chirked
chirked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chirk
chirker
chirker
adj
comparative form of chirk: more chirk
chirkest
chirkest
adj
superlative form of chirk: most chirk
chirking
chirking
verb
present participle of chirk
chirks
chirks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chirk