ALL meanings of check out
check out
C c - phrasal verb check out When you check out of a hotel or clinic where you have been staying, or if someone checks you out, you pay the bill and leave. 3
- phrasal verb check out If you check out something or someone, you find out information about them to make sure that everything is correct or satisfactory. 3
- phrasal verb check out If something checks out, it is correct or satisfactory. 3
- verb check out to pay the bill and depart, esp from a hotel 3
- verb check out to depart from a place; record one's departure from work 3
- verb check out to investigate or prove to be in order after investigation 3
- verb check out to have a look at; inspect 3
- noun check out the latest time for vacating a room in a hotel, etc 3
- noun check out (as modifier) 3
- noun check out a counter, esp in a supermarket, where customers pay 3
- noun check out to settle one's bill and leave a hotel, hospital, etc. 3
- noun check out to add up the prices of purchases and collect the total 3
- noun check out to examine and verify or approve 3
- noun check out to prove to be accurate, in sound condition, etc. upon examination 3
- noun check out to draw (money) from a bank by check 3
- noun check out to register items to be loaned out, as books from a library 3
- noun check out to die 3
- verb check out When you check out of a hotel where you have been staying, or if someone checks you out, you pay the bill and leave. 3
- verb with object check out to restrain; hold in restraint or control: They built a high wall to check the tides. 1
- verb with object check out to cause a reduction, as in rate or intensity; diminish: The new measures checked the rapidity with which the epidemic was spreading. 1
- verb with object check out to investigate or verify as to correctness: She checked the copy against the original. 1
- verb with object check out to make an inquiry into, search through, etc.: We checked the files, but the letter was missing. 1
- verb with object check out to inspect or test the performance, condition, safety, etc., of (something): Check a used car thoroughly before buying it. 1
- verb with object check out to mark (something) so as to indicate examination, correctness, preference, etc. (often followed by off): Please check the correct answer. They checked off the names of people they wanted to invite. 1
- verb with object check out to leave in temporary custody: Check your umbrellas at the door. 1
- verb with object check out to accept for temporary custody: We accept responsibility for any article we check here. 1
- verb with object check out to send (baggage) on a passenger's ticket, usually on the same carrier used by the passenger, for pickup at the destination: We checked two trunks through to Portland. 1
- verb with object check out to accept (baggage) for conveyance, and to convey, under the privilege of a passenger's ticket: Check this trunk to Portland. 1
- verb with object check out to mark with or in a pattern of squares: to check fabric. 1
- verb with object check out Agriculture. to plant in checkrows. 1
- verb with object check out Chess. to place (an opponent's king) under direct attack. 1
- verb with object check out Ice Hockey. to obstruct or impede the movement or progress of (an opponent). Compare back-check, fore-check. 1
- verb without object check out to prove to be right; correspond accurately: The reprint checks with the original, item for item. 1
- verb without object check out to make an inquiry, investigation, etc., as for verification (often followed by up, into, etc.): He checked to make sure his answer was correct. Check into the matter. 1
- verb without object check out to make a sudden stop; pause: The horse checked before he jumped. 1
- verb without object check out Chess. to make a move that puts the opponent's king under direct attack. 1
- transitivephrasal verb check out investigate, verify sth 1
- verb without object check out to crack or split, usually in small checks: Painted surfaces may check with age. 1
- transitivephrasal verb check out look at 1
- verb without object check out Poker. to decline to initiate the betting in a betting round, usually to force another player to make the first bet rather than raise it. 1
- transitivephrasal verb check out book, etc.: borrow from library 1
- verb without object check out Hunting. (of hounds) to stop, especially because the line of scent has been lost. 1
- intransitivephrasal verb check out hotel: sign out 1
- verb without object check out Falconry. (of a hawk) to forsake the proper prey and follow baser game (followed by at). 1
- intransitivephrasal verb check out be verified 1
- noun plural check out Also, British, cheque. Banking. a written order, usually on a standard printed form, directing a bank to pay money. 1
- intransitivephrasal verb check out die 1
- noun plural check out a slip or ticket showing the amount owed, especially a bill for food or beverages consumed. 1
- noun plural check out a ticket or token that when matched with a counterpart identifies an article left in the temporary custody of another, the purchaser of a ticket, a person who is to be served next, etc. 1
- noun plural check out a criterion, standard, or means to insure against error, fraud, etc.: This handmade sample is a check that the machine-made samples have to match. 1