10-letter words that end in eck
- back-check — to skate back toward one's defensive zone obstructing or impeding the movement or progress of one or more opponents on attack. Compare check1 (def 15), fore-check.
- bank check — A bank check is a check that you can buy from a bank in order to pay someone who is not willing to accept a personal check.
- body check — the fair block of an opponent who has the puck by bumping with the body, shoulder to hip, from the front or side
- bottleneck — A bottleneck is a place where a road becomes narrow or where it meets another road so that the traffic slows down or stops, often causing traffic jams.
- brass neck — effrontery; nerve
- cabin deck — the deck above the weather deck in the bridge house of a ship.
- coat check — The coat check at a public building such as a theater or club is the place where customers can leave their coats, usually for a small fee.
- crosscheck — to verify (a fact, report, etc) by considering conflicting opinions or consulting other sources
- desk check — (programming) To grovel over hardcopy of source code, mentally simulating the control flow; a method of catching bugs. No longer common practice in this age of on-screen editing, fast compiles, and sophisticated debuggers - though some maintain stoutly that it ought to be. Compare dry run, eyeball search, vdiff, vgrep.
- door check — a device, usually hydraulic or pneumatic, for controlling the closing of a door and preventing it from slamming.
- dusty deck — Old software (especially applications) which one is obliged to remain compatible with, or to maintain. DP types call this "legacy code", a term hackers consider smarmy and excessively reverent. The term implies that the software in question is a holdover from card-punch days. Used especially when referring to old scientific and number crunching software, much of which was written in Fortran and very poorly documented but is believed to be too expensive to replace. See fossil; compare crawling horror.
- echo check — a quality check and error-control technique for data transferred over a computer network or other communications link, in which the data received is stored and also transmitted back to its point of origin, where it is compared with the original data.
- fact-check — to confirm the truth of (an assertion made in speech or writing), often as part of the research or editorial process.
- fore-check — to obstruct or impede the movement or progress of an attacking opponent in the opponent's own defensive zone. Compare back-check, check1 (def 15).
- glen check — Glen plaid.
- great neck — a town on NW Long Island, in SE New York.
- halterneck — A single strap or material which runs from the front of the garment around the back of the wearer's neck, leaving most of the back uncovered, often used in swimsuits and women's dresses.
- hook check — a maneuver for depriving an opponent of the puck by seizing it in the crook of one's stick. Compare check1 (def 37).
- limberneck — a fatal infection of botulism affecting birds, especially chickens and ducks, characterized by weakness of the neck muscles and inability to eat.
- littleneck — the quahog clam, Venus mercenaria, when young and small.
- lower deck — the lowermost deck in a hull having two or three decks.
- mamaroneck — a city in SE New York.
- mower deck — cutter deck.
- poke check — an attempt to deprive an opponent of the puck by pushing it away with one's stick. Compare check1 (def 37).
- rain check — a ticket for future use given to spectators at an outdoor event, as a baseball game or concert, that has been postponed or interrupted by rain.
- rubberneck — to look about or stare with great curiosity, as by craning the neck or turning the head.
- scoop neck — a round, usually low, neckline on a dress, blouse, etc.
- shade deck — a light deck supported by stanchions.
- side check — a checkrein passing back to the saddle from the side of a horse's head
- spellcheck — If you spellcheck something you have written on a computer, you use a special program to check whether you have made any spelling mistakes.
- spot check — impromptu inspection
- spot-check — to examine or investigate by means of a spot check.
- texas deck — the uppermost deck of an inland or western river steamer.
- time check — (in racing sports, such as motor racing, cycling, etc) an instance of checking the time taken to cover a specific distance. Time checks occur at prearranged points in a race
- turtleneck — a high, close-fitting collar, often rolled or turned down, appearing especially on pullover sweaters.
- upper deck — the uppermost continuous deck that is capable of being made watertight; freeboard deck.
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