1. to verify information by checking it against another source or method

1. an act of verifying information by checking it against another source
2. an illegal body check in hockey where a player uses the shaft of the stick
Usage: hockey

Examples

• Please crosscheck these figures with the original report.
• The accountant will crosscheck all the calculations before submitting.
• We need to crosscheck the witness statements for consistency.
• The editor performed a crosscheck of all the facts in the article.
• A quick crosscheck revealed several errors in the data.
• The referee called a penalty for crosschecking.
• The player was ejected for a dangerous crosscheck.