checking

verbosostantivocorrente nei dialoghi

//ˈt͡ʃɛkɪŋ//

The act of physically keeping an opposing player in check.

verbo

1
Anche una forma di checkpresent participle and gerund of check

sostantivo

1
The act of physically keeping an opposing player in check.
2
informaleA checking account.
Withdraw $5000 from checking and put it into savings.
3
An act whereby one checks something or someone (in any sense).
The gin had a delayed reaction. Its effect didn't become felt until Valerie had, after a wearisome walk and numerous checkings of her map, reached the flat.
4
The crossing of solutions in a grid.
One must reckon to solve at least three of the Playfair clues independently before cracking the code and getting checking to help with solving the fourth.
What about the corpus of Ximenes - Azed specials? In 'Printer's Devilry' checking is normal but the clues are special.
An added complication is that double definition answers are often very short, typically between four and six letters long, so there are lots of possibilities even when you have checking letters.

Forme

plurale: checkings

Check · A surname.checked · Marked with a check mark.checkers · A game for two players played on a chessboard; the players…

checking · The act of physically keeping an opposing player in check.

checkmate · Word called out by the victor when making a move that wins…checkpoint · A point or place where a check is performed, especially a…Checkpoint · A sub-sitio in the sitio of Hilltop, barangay of Ambuclao,…

Le pagine vicine — L'ordine alfabetico segue le regole della lingua, non il valore dei byte: un accento distingue soltanto due parole per il resto identiche, e lo spagnolo tratta la Ñ come una lettera a sé.