checked
/t͡ʃɛkt/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.54 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of consonants, glottalized.
adj
Delivered to the airline (or train line, ferry, etc.), usually during check-in, to be stored in an inaccessible area to the passenger (the hold) during the flight (or other journey).
verb
simple past and past participle of check
Example Sentences
- "a checked tie"
- "At that moment a long, scraggy individual in a checked suit poked his head into the bar, looked around portentously, whistled mysteriously to my informant, and jerked his thumb and head in the direction of the door."
- "Later that day, all X's friends put on their red and white checked overalls and went over to see X."
- "a computer program using checked arithmetic"
- "He checked his watch for the third time."