check out
verb10 senses
- 1To record the departure or withdrawal of someone or…
- 2To record one's departure from a workplace, hotel…
- 3To examine, inspect, look at closely, ogle; to…
- 4To obtain source code (or other material) from a source…
- 5To become uninterested in an activity and cease to…
- 6To become catatonic or otherwise nonresponsive.
- 7To leave in a hurry.
- 8To die.
- 9To prove (after an investigation) to be the case, or to…
- 10To visit the oche for the last time and clear one's…
1
To record the departure or withdrawal of someone or something (such as guests, employees, books, etc.).
- He checked his favorite mystery out for the twenty-third time.
- The desk clerk checked out the family that had been staying in room 322.
2
To record one's departure from a workplace, hotel, restaurant, etc.
- Be sure to check out of the hotel before noon.
- I'm done shopping, so I'll go check out now.
3 more examples
- […] the singer person is checking out from the first floor suite next week, […]1921, Sewell Ford, Inez & Trilby May, New York: Grosset & Dunlap; Harper & Brothers, page 41:
- "Relax," said the night man / "We are programmed to receive / You can check out any time you like / But you can never leave!"1977, “Hotel California”, in Don Henley, Glenn Frey (lyrics), Don Felder (music), Hotel California, performed by The Eagles:
- At 9:30 am, 12 inmates were checked out to the dispensary.2010, Peterson's, Master the Corrections Officer Exam, Peterson's, page 9
3
To examine, inspect, look at closely, ogle; to investigate; to gather information so as to make a decision.
- He was hanging out at the beach, checking out the young women in bikinis.
- He checked out the rumor, and managed to verify that it was true.
3 more examples
- Check it out! Best prices in town.
- Check this out! They just arrested the Mayor!
- If Mr. Brill had been interested in accuracy, he might have read the written statement I presented that night. I was speaking on my own behalf because I felt that the Darts management deserved my support. Mr. Brill might even have asked me about my testimony. Instead he chose to check out his half-facts with others. His resultant report was inaccurate and divisive.1979 August 25, Steven Tierney, “Darts”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 6, page 5:
4
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Programming, Sciences To obtain source code (or other material) from a source control repository so that one can modify it (and often later check in the modified version).
5
To become uninterested in an activity and cease to participate in more than a perfunctory manner; to become uncooperative.
- The purpose of this exercise was to ignite reactions from students, but over the few years I used it, it backfired, culminating in a situation where I lost a significant number of the white students, who just "checked out" for the rest of the semester.2010, S. Greggory Johnson III, The Black Professoriat: Negotiating a Habitable Space in the Academy, page 189:
6
To become catatonic or otherwise nonresponsive.
- Even during those years, there would be a lot of times she just checked out. She would be sitting there looking at her nails and she'd just be gone.2007, Susan Nathiel, Daughters of Madness: Growing Up and Older With a Mentally Ill Mother, page 42:
7
To leave in a hurry.
8
Broadly, Euphemistic To die.
- Steve: (referring to his girlfriend attempting suicide in front of both of them) Look, I was just an observer. Bishop: You haven't answered my question. Steve: Well, what do you think? Bishop: We'll never know, will we? Steve: Well, say I just sat there—or we just sat there—and watched her check out. Think that would have been crazy?1972, The Mechanic (1972 film), Charles Bronson (as Mr. Bishop), Jan-Michael Vincent (as Steve)
- With a bottle full of sleeping pills and a long list of sins She'd already planned on checking out before she checked in2012, Gwen Sebastian, Met Him In a Motel Room:
9
To prove (after an investigation) to be the case, or to be in order.
- The first two leads check out; I'll assume the third one is also valid.
- Their stories checked out.
2 more examples
- A comparison test was made with this weapon in laboratory. It definitely checks out as the murder gun.1960, “The Case of the Ill-Fated Faker”, in Perry Mason, season 4, episode 3:
- MySQL checks the validity of the account name and password, and checks whether the connection is coming from a host that's allowed to connect [...]. If everything checks out, MySQL accepts the connection.2013, Steve Suehring, Janet Valade, PHP, MySQL, JavaScript & HTML5 All-in-One For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 459:
10
Darts, Games To visit the oche for the last time and clear one's remaining points to win the game.
- Antonyms
- check in
- Derived terms
- checkout, check you out, self-check out