| cheap shot |
an unnecessarily vicious remark or action against someone who has no ready defense. [2 definitions] |
| cheapskate |
(informal) one who is stingy; miser. |
| cheat |
to do something dishonest for one's own gain; to practice deceit or fraud. [11 definitions] |
| check |
an assessment or search to make sure something is correct or in order. [19 definitions] |
| checkable |
combined form of check. |
| checkbook |
a booklet of blank forms that can be used to pay out money from a bank account. |
| check-box |
a small empty square printed next to an item on a form, test, or list, to be filled in with a check or other mark to indicate choice or completion. [2 definitions] |
| check-cashing card |
a card given by a store. It allows a person to write a check to buy something from that store. |
| checker1 |
one of the disks used as a game piece in checkers, a game played by two persons, each having twelve disks to be moved over a board divided into sixty-four squares of two alternating colors. [4 definitions] |
| checker2 |
one that checks. [3 definitions] |
| checkerberry |
the wintergreen plant or its red, spicy, berrylike fruit. |
| checkerboard |
a surface marked into eight rows and columns of squares of two alternating colors, usu. red and black, and used as a game board for checkers or chess. [3 definitions] |
| checkered |
patterned with squares. [3 definitions] |
| checkers |
(pl. but used with a sing. verb) a game played by two persons, each having twelve disks to be moved over a board divided into sixty-four squares of two alternating colors. |
| check in |
to register at a hotel, conference, or the like, or to give official confirmation of one's intention to travel imminently. [2 definitions] |
| check-in |
the act or an instance of registering, as at a hotel. |
| checking account |
a deposit in a bank, credit union, or the like, against which checks may be written by the depositor. (Cf. savings account.) |
| checkless |
combined form of check. |
| checklist |
a thorough or complete list of items compiled for checking or other reference purposes. |
| check mark |
a mark ( ) placed next to an item to indicate correctness, completion, choice, or other kinds of verification. |
| checkmate |
in the game of chess, a winning maneuver in which the opponent's king piece is brought under direct attack and from which escape is not possible. [3 definitions] |