body check

body check

In ice hockey, a form of contact in which one player hits ("checks") another with his body. That was a heck of a body check! Great job keeping their players out of our end.
See also: body, check
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • arrive (some place) in a body
  • reach (some place) in a body
  • pick (something) clean
  • pick something clean
  • in a body
  • lie in state
  • worm food
  • worm-food
  • body blow
  • a body blow
References in periodicals archive
Youths who were permitted to body check during games were more than three times as likely to be injured as those who were not allowed to body check, and this was the case not only for all injuries, but for concussions as well.
Youth injuries: body checking among hockey players
He increased Estudiantes' lead eight minutes into the second half before Brazilian striker Denilson pulled one back in the 71st when the Koreans were already down to 10 men, Hwang having been sent off for a second booking after a body check on wing Maxi Nunez.
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Mr Webb denied any intention to body check Mr Johnson, who was one of his favourite teachers.
School not liable for hockey injury
Smith faces further punishment for an arm-led body check on Graeme Le Saux in the 2-0 Worthington Cup defeat to Chelsea on November 28.
Leeds back in dock as four hit by FA charge
Kim ''was forced to undergo body check like a criminal'' when he tried to board a New York-bound flight operated by the U.S.
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There was no body check as we entered the hall or intrusion of privacy
A dress code for exams
During a routine body check on visitors however, police officers found the sachet of shabu on Dela Cruz.
Woman visiting jailed partner nabbed for shabu smuggle try
Mula body check hanggang sa mga dala nila binubusisi nating maigi yan.
NBI nabs alleged army man for shabu possession
"The study does suggest that, regardless of whether young players are allowed to body check, unintentional contact with the boards, the ice, or other players are important sources of injury.
Body checks not the main culprit
The Toon chief has viewed the incident and reckons Williamson was retaliating to a "pull" from Elmander with a body check, which would not merit more than a caution.
MIKE IS NO THUG INSISTS HUGHTON; Newcastle are ready to fight Williamson charge
The suspect initially refused to undergo a routine body check and said he wasn't allowed to be searched for religious reasons.
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Simone Bacciocchi's body check on Cotterill looked on the line but referee Ararat Tchagharyan decided it was inside the box.
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But thankfully, cancer patients, and others needing a detailed whole body check, will soon be able to get treatment closer to home instead of trekking to London.
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The visitors were reduced to 10 men after 85 minutes when Willie Lyle picked up a second yellow for a body check on Paul Farquharson.
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Leicester defender Frank Sinclair then picked up the first yellow card of the game for a body check on Rufus Brevett.
LEICESTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0 FULHAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0