(baseball) A swing in which a batter starts to swing for a ball but stops the swing shortly before the ball reaches home plate.

Alternative form of spot check

(Canada, US) An instance of looking backwards over one's shoulder while driving or biking, before changing lanes or making a turn, to see if any vehicles are in one's blind spots.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see body, check. / (sports) A move in ice hockey or lacrosse in which a player impedes another with his body

(sports) To perform a body check on someone.

A check/cheque written against a bank account with insufficient funds to pay the bearer the amount of the check.

(US) A signed check of the type used to draw money from a bank account containing no information as to the amount to be paid with it.

(idiomatic) Any voucher or note from a merchant to a customer to provide an item the merchant has run out of at a later date for the item's current price, or (in a more literal sense) to provide a service at a later date.

To verify the spelling used in a document for correctness, especially by using a program.

The act of checking that something does not contain elementary mistakes or impossibilities, or is not based on invalid assumptions.