Diccionario ingles.comDiccionario ingles.com
Synonyms, antonyms, pronunciation

  Home 		English Dictionary      examples: 'day', 'get rid of', 'New York Bay'




Check out   /tʃɛk aʊt/   Listen
verb
check out  v. t.  
1.
To inspect or examine. (Colloq.)
2.
To make a record of having borrowed (something) for temporary use; as, to check out a book at the library; to check out equipment from a depository.
3.
To bring (items to be purchased) to a checkout counter (as at a supermarket or other retail store) where the prices may be totaled and the bill may be paid.


check out  v. i.  
1.
To vacate a room at a hotel, notel, etc. Converse of check in.
2.
To die. (Colloq.)





Click any word on the page to get its definition
Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48
Text size:  A A


Advanced search
     Find words:
Starting with
Ending with
Containing
Matching a pattern  

Synonyms
Antonyms
Quotes
Words linked to  

only single words


Share |




"Check out" Quotes from Famous Books



... less dark Costa Rican, Guatemalteco, Venezuelan, stray islanders from St. Vincent, Trinidad, or Guadalupe, individuals defying classification. But the chief reward for denying myself a holiday were the "back-calls" in the town itself which I was able to check out of my field-book. Many a long-sought negro I roused from his holiday siesta, dashing past the tawdry calico curtains to pound him awake—mere auricular demonstration having only the effect of lulling him into deeper child-like slumber. The surest and often only effective ...
— Zone Policeman 88 - A Close Range Study of the Panama Canal and its Workers • Harry A. Franck
 Read full book for free!
... bearded—"barbados"—now and again a more or less dark Costa Rican, Guatemalteco, Venezuelan, stray islanders from St. Vincent, Trinidad, or Guadalupe, individuals defying classification. But the chief reward for denying myself a holiday were the "back-calls" in the town itself which I was able to check out of my field-book. Many a long-sought negro I roused from his holiday siesta, dashing past the tawdry calico curtains to pound him awake—mere auricular demonstration having only the effect of lulling him into deeper ...
— Zone Policeman 88 - A Close Range Study of the Panama Canal and its Workers • Harry A. Franck
 Read full book for free!
... an interesting semi-parallel to this term among typographers and printers: When new typefaces are being punch-cut by hand, a 'smoke test' (hold the letter in candle smoke, then press it onto paper) is used to check out new dies. ...
— The Jargon File, Version 4.0.0
 Read full book for free!


Copyright © 2025 Diccionario ingles.com