Body-check
an obstructing or impeding with the body of the movement or progress of an opponent.
Compare check1 (def 37).
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- Bodycheck
Ice Hockey. to give (an opponent) a body check. noun (sport) obstruction of another player (wrestling) the act of blocking a charging opponent with the body verb (transitive) to deliver a bodycheck to (an opponent)
- Body--clock
an innate mechanism of the body that regulates its rhythmic and periodic cycles, as that of sleeping and waking. Contemporary Examples The White House Mystery Drug Barbara Kantrowitz March 3, 2010 Short on Zzz’s? 15 Research-Backed Sleep Hacks DailyBurn May 8, 2014 noun an inherent periodicity in the physiological processes of living organisms that is […]
- Biological-clock
an innate mechanism of the body that regulates its rhythmic and periodic cycles, as that of sleeping and waking. noun an inherent periodicity in the physiological processes of living organisms that is not dependent on the periodicity of external factors the hypothetical mechanism responsible for this periodicity biological clock (bī’ə-lŏj’ĭ-kəl) An internal system that controls […]
- Body-combat
noun a type of fitness programme in which individuals perform non-contact martial arts moves to music
- Body-corporate
a person, association, or group of persons legally incorporated; corporation. Historical Examples London in 1731 Don Manoel Gonzales Within The Enemy’s Lines Oliver Optic Joe Miller’s Jests, With Copious Additions Various noun (law) a group of persons incorporated to carry out a specific enterprise See corporation (sense 1)