| AFTERDECK | • afterdeck n. (Nautical) The part of a ship’s deck from amidships toward the stern. • AFTERDECK n. a deck behind a ship's bridge. |
| BACKCHECK | • backcheck v. (Transitive, ice hockey) To check (an opposing player) while skating toward or near one’s own goal. • backcheck v. (Intransitive, ice hockey) To engage in checking while skating toward or near one’s own goal. • backcheck v. (Quality control) To check someone else’s work after they have completed it, in a backward-looking type… |
| BODYCHECK | • bodycheck n. Alternative spelling of body check. • bodycheck v. Alternative spelling of body check. • body-check v. To perform a body check; to shove. |
| BREAKNECK | • breakneck adj. Dangerously fast; hell-for-leather. • breakneck n. A fall that breaks the neck. • breakneck n. A dangerous steep place from which one could fall badly. |
| CROOKNECK | • crookneck n. Any of several yellow varieties of squash having a curved neck. • CROOKNECK n. a squash with a long recurved neck. |
| FORECHECK | • forecheck v. (Ice hockey) To pressure the puck carrier for the opposing team. • FORECHECK v. to check an opponent in ice hockey in his own defensive zone. |
| GOOSENECK | • gooseneck n. (Often attributive) Anything with a slender curved shape, resembling the neck of a goose, such as the… • gooseneck n. (Nautical) The swivel connection on a sailboat located near the bottom of the mast that the boom attaches… • gooseneck n. Short for gooseneck barnacle. |
| HOOKCHECK | • HOOKCHECK n. in ice hockey, the acting of hooking an opposing player. |
| NAMECHECK | • namecheck v. (Music, especially in jazz) To announce the name of a person before they play a solo. • namecheck v. To name-drop. • name-check v. Alternative form of namecheck. |
| OVERCHECK | • overcheck n. A check pattern that is superimposed upon another pattern. • overcheck n. A strap that stretches from the pollstrap of the bridle to the saddle. • overcheck v. (Transitive) To check or verify more than necessary. |
| PINCHBECK | • pinchbeck n. An alloy of copper and zinc once used as imitation gold for cheap jewelry. • pinchbeck adj. (Not comparable) Made of pinchbeck. • pinchbeck adj. Sham; spurious, artificial; being a cheap substitution; only superficially attractive. |
| RAINCHECK | • raincheck n. Alternative form of rain check. • raincheck v. To take a raincheck on; to postpone. • rain␣check n. (Originally) A reissue, at no extra charge, of a ticket for a baseball game or other outdoor event postponed… |
| ROUGHNECK | • roughneck n. (Colloquial, chiefly US) Someone with rough manners; a rowdy or uncouth person. • roughneck n. (Colloquial, chiefly US) An ironworker; a dirty or low-paid worker, a labourer. • roughneck n. (Colloquial, chiefly US) A labourer on an oil rig. |
| SHIPWRECK | • shipwreck n. A ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy. • shipwreck n. (Countable, uncountable) An event where a ship sinks or runs aground. • shipwreck n. (Figurative) destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss. |
| SIDECHECK | • SIDECHECK n. part of a horse's harness. |
| SNOWFLECK | • snowfleck n. Snowbird. • SNOWFLECK n. the snow bunting, also SNOWFLICK. |
| UNDERDECK | • underdeck n. The part of a bridge that lies beneath the deck, or surface. • UNDERDECK n. a lower deck on a ship. |