body-check

See also: bodycheck and body check

English

Verb

body-check (third-person singular simple present body-checks, present participle body-checking, simple past and past participle body-checked)

1. To perform a body check; to shove.
   • 2011 January 30, Kevin Darlng, “Arsenal 2 - 1 Huddersfield”, in BBC‎^[1]:

     The young defender dispossessed Arshavin for the first time in the game and set on a rampaging run through the Gunners' midfield, which ended when he was blatantly body-checked by last man Squillaci, who was duly sent off.