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

(intransitive, Canada, US) To look 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.

(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.

Alternative form of spot check

Alternative form of spot check

(idiomatic) A cursory inspection or examination or the inspection or examination of a sample of something.

(idiomatic) To inspect or examine briefly, or by sampling.

(dated) a condom.

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.