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noun
The act of backchecking.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To check (an opposing player) while skating toward or near one's own goal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: hobbies, ice-hockey, lifestyle, skating, sports
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verb
To engage in checking while skating toward or near one's own goal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: hobbies, ice-hockey, lifestyle, skating, sports
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verb
To check someone else's work after they have completed it, in a backward-looking type of review or audit, especially one that runs on a backchannel workflow in parallel with the main workflow (and thus is not a rate-determining or throughput-bottlenecking step).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: quality control
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History
From back + check.
