1. the act of verifying information by comparing it with another source
2. an illegal body check in hockey where a player uses the shaft of the stick held in both hands
Usage: hockey

1. present participle of crosscheck: to verify by comparing with another source

Examples

• The accountant spent hours crosschecking the financial records.
• Crosschecking your answers with the answer key helps identify mistakes.
• The referee called a penalty for crosschecking in the second period.
• She was crosschecking the data from multiple databases.
• The journalist was careful about crosschecking sources before publishing.
• Crosschecking is prohibited in youth hockey leagues.
• The scientist emphasized the importance of crosschecking experimental results.