Crosscheck

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A verification (of information, data, or calculations) by using an alternative source or method.
  2. 2
    an illegal check (chopping at an opponent's arms or stick) wordnet
  3. 3
    An illegal maneuver where a player strikes another with the shaft of his stick, or the penalty thereby incurred.
  4. 4
    an instance of confirming something by considering information from several sources wordnet
  5. 5
    A penalty where a player hits another player with the shaft of their lacrosse stick with their hands spread apart.
Verb
  1. 1
    To verify (information, data, or calculations) by using an alternative source or method.
  2. 2
    To commit the infraction of checking an opponent by using the shaft of one's stick with both hands.
  3. 3
    To hit another player with the shaft of a lacrosse stick.

    "He picked up a roughing penalty for crosschecking Montreal’s Andrei Kostitsyn to the ice Tuesday after Kostitsyn hit Boston defenseman Aaron Ward from behind."

Example

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"He picked up a roughing penalty for crosschecking Montreal’s Andrei Kostitsyn to the ice Tuesday after Kostitsyn hit Boston defenseman Aaron Ward from behind."

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double checklacrosse stickre examine

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