• Body-check

    Full definition of body-check

    Verb

    1. To perform a body check; to shove.
      • 2011, January 30, Kevin Darlng, Arsenal 2 - 1 Huddersfield, 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.
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