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raincheck

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See also: rain check

English

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Noun

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raincheck (plural rainchecks)

  1. Alternative form of rain check

Verb

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raincheck (third-person singular simple present rainchecks, present participle rainchecking, simple past and past participle rainchecked)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To take a rain check on; to postpone.
    Alternative form: rain-check
    • 2018, Lindy Cameron, Redback:
      Jana planted her hands on her hips, rainchecked the promise of allegiance, and continued the challenging stare.
    • 2019, Anne Marsh, Her Intern: A Hot Billionaire Workplace Romance:
      Golden Gate Park—check. Line too long for cable car so rainchecking that.
    • 2020, “Sunday Best”, in Everything is Beautiful, performed by Princess Nokia:
      But you can't yet, yeah / Sorry, had to raincheck / Had to freeze the time, read your mind