Usually means: Physical contact to impede opponent.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word body check:

General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. body check: Merriam-Webster
  2. body check: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. body check: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. body-check, body check: Wiktionary
  5. body check: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. body-check, body check: Dictionary.com
  7. Body check: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. body-check, body check: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Body check: Urban Dictionary

Sports (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)
  2. Body check: Chess Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (body check)

noun:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see body, check.
noun:  (sports) A move in ice hockey or lacrosse in which a player impedes another with his body
noun:  (Hong Kong) A general health checkup performed by a medical practitioner.
verb:  (sports) To perform a body check on someone.

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