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English
Noun
crosscheck (plural crosschecks)
- A verification (of information, data, or calculations) by using an alternative source or method.
- (ice hockey) An illegal maneuver where a player strikes another with the shaft of his stick, or the penalty thereby incurred.
- (lacrosse) A penalty where a player hits another player with the shaft of their lacrosse stick with their hands spread apart.
Verb
crosscheck (third-person singular simple present crosschecks, present participle crosschecking, simple past and past participle crosschecked)
- To verify (information, data, or calculations) by using an alternative source or method.
- (ice hockey) To commit the infraction of checking an opponent by using the shaft of one's stick with both hands.
- (lacrosse) To hit another player with the shaft of a lacrosse stick.
2009 January 16, Dave Caldwell, “Goalie Takes a Long Trip to Reach the N.H.L.”, in New York Times:He picked up a roughing penalty for crosschecking Montreal’s Andrei Kostitsyn to the ice Tuesday after Kostitsyn hit Boston defenseman Aaron Ward from behind.
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