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bodycheck ((n.))
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. . . .