crosscheck meaning: definition, quotations

crosscheck

noun

A verification (of information, data, or calculations) by using an alternative source or method.

Hobbies, Ice hockey, Lifestyle, Skating, Sports An illegal maneuver where a player strikes another with the shaft of his stick, or the penalty thereby incurred.

Ball games, Games, Hobbies, Lacrosse, Lifestyle, Sports A penalty where a player hits another player with the shaft of their lacrosse stick with their hands spread apart.

crosscheck

verb

To verify (information, data, or calculations) by using an alternative source or method.

Hobbies, Ice hockey, Lifestyle, Skating, Sports To commit the infraction of checking an opponent by using the shaft of one's stick with both hands.

Ball games, Games, Hobbies, Lacrosse, Lifestyle, Sports 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.2009 January 16, Dave Caldwell, “Goalie Takes a Long Trip to Reach the N.H.L.”, in New York Times:

Derived terms: crosschecker