back-check

US: (bak′chek′)

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

back-check  (bak′chek′), v.i. [Ice Hockey.]

1. to skate back toward one's defensive zone obstructing or impeding the movement or progress of one or more opponents on attack. Cf. check¹ (def. 15), fore-check. 

v.t. 

2. to check over or through;
   review:
   Back-check the files to see if the patient's records are there.

• 1935–40