Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shoulder check

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.44 in modern English

Syllables
shoul-der check
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To look backwards over one's shoulder while driving or biking, before changing lanes or making a turn, to see if any vehicles are in one's blind spots.

Canadian usage; American usage; Intransitive verb

verb

To check (strongly bump into) with one's shoulder(s).

Transitive verb

noun

An instance of looking backwards over one's shoulder while driving or biking, before changing lanes or making a turn, to see if any vehicles are in one's blind spots.

Canadian usage; American usage

noun

An instance of checking (strongly bumping into) with one's shoulder(s).

Transitive verb

Usage

Inflected Forms

shoulder checks (present, singular) shoulder checking (participle, present) shoulder checked (participle, past) shoulder checked (past) shoulder checks (plural)

Questions

What does shoulder check mean?
To look backwards over one's shoulder while driving or biking, before changing lanes or making a turn, to see if any vehicles are in one's blind spots.

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