DCHP-3

bodycheck ((n.))

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

in hockey, lacrosse, etc., a defensive play by which a player impedes an opponent's progress by body contact.

Quotations

1931
. . . Sewill twice stopped Cranstoun with stiff body checks.
1963
He says the clean bodycheck has almost vanished. . . .