spot-check

English

Noun

spot-check (plural spot-checks)

1. Alternative form of spot check

Verb

spot-check (third-person singular simple present spot-checks, present participle spot-checking, simple past and past participle spot-checked)

1. Alternative form of spot check
   • 1962 April, R. K. Evans, “The Acceptance Testing of Diesel Locomotives”, in Modern Railways, page 269, photo caption:

     Metro-Vick Type 2 diesel No. D5704 undergoing a test of the generator output, using a mobile force-cooled resistance unit developed by B.T.H. for spot-checking locomotive power equipment away from a main works.

References

• “spot-check”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• checkpost, checkstop, stopcheck