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CROSSCHECK

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An illegal check (chopping at an opponent's arms or stick)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("crosscheck" is a kind of...):

check (obstructing an opponent in ice hockey)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An instance of confirming something by considering information from several sources

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("crosscheck" is a kind of...):

check; confirmation; substantiation; verification (additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb crosscheck

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