checked

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɛkt/

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• Rhymes: -ɛkt

checked

1. (Canada, US) Having a pattern of checks; checkered.

   a checked tie

   • 1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 121:

     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.

   • 1978, Lois Gould, X: A Fabulous Child's Story, New York: Daughters Publishing Co., →ISBN:

     Later that day, all X's friends put on their red and white checked overalls and went over to see X.

2. (phonology) Of syllables, having a coda.
3. (phonology) Of consonants, glottalized.
4. Verified or validated in some way.

   a computer program using checked arithmetic

5. (aviation or other transport, of baggage) Delivered to the airline (or train line, ferry, etc.) during check-in to be stored in an inaccessible area to the passenger (the hold) during the flight (or other journey).

   Antonym: carry-on

6. Of a letter square in a crossword grid, part of both an across word and a down word.

• type-checked

checked

1. simple past and past participle of check

   He checked his watch for the third time.