English

Noun

crosscheck ‎(plural crosschecks)

1. (ice hockey) A penalty.
2. (lacrosse) A penalty where a player hits another player with the shaft of their lacrosse stick with their hands spread apart.

Verb

crosscheck ‎(third-person singular simple present crosschecks, present participle crosschecking, simple past and past participle crosschecked)

1. (lacrosse) To hit another player with the shaft of a lacrosse stick.
   • 2009, January 16, “Dave Caldwell”, in Goalie Takes a Long Trip to Reach the N.H.L.:

     He picked up a roughing penalty for crosschecking Montreal’s Andrei Kostitsyn to the ice Tuesday after Kostitsyn hit Boston defenseman Aaron Ward from behind.

2. To re-examine; to double-check.