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Grammar : Noun
Spell : chek-uhp
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtʃɛkˌʌp



Définition of checkup

Origin :
  • also check-up, "careful examination," 1921, American English, from check (v.) + up (adv.), on notion of a checklist of things to be examined. The verbal phrase check up (on) is attested from 1889.
  • noun examination
Example sentences :
  • "Wade Lucas wanted me to drop in on him for a checkup," he mentioned.
  • Extract from : « The Cosmic Computer » by Henry Beam Piper
  • I just had a checkup from Dr. Willoughby, and he thinks I'm more than holding my own.
  • Extract from : « The Star Lord » by Boyd Ellanby
  • Did you give Maragon's heart a checkup in the last couple of weeks?
  • Extract from : « The Right Time » by Walter Bupp
  • He was still standing there when the checkup squad marched in and arrested him for gross dereliction of duty.
  • Extract from : « The Impossible Voyage Home » by Floyd L. Wallace
  • This checkup determined which slaves were late or who had committed some offense late on the day before or during the night.
  • Extract from : « Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States » by Work Projects Administration
  • And he'd had his usual monthly checkup not more than ten days ago, only to be assured there was nothing wrong with him.
  • Extract from : « This Crowded Earth » by Robert Bloch
  • Government medical authorities met the women at checkup time and demonstrated that the Leff Law had teeth in it.
  • Extract from : « This Crowded Earth » by Robert Bloch
  • How many at the time of Dallas would be in your checkup control file system with this periodic review?
  • Extract from : « Warren Commission (4 of 26): Hearings Vol. IV (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
  • We found also in the checkup file no uncontrolled individuals that we thought warranted an alert for Dallas.
  • Extract from : « Warren Commission (4 of 26): Hearings Vol. IV (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

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