checkback

noun
/ˈt͡ʃɛkbæk/

Etymology

From check + back.

  1. inherited from *bʰeg- — “to bend
  2. inherited from *baką
  3. inherited from *bak
  4. inherited from bæc
  5. inherited from bak
  6. compounded as checkback — “check + back

Definitions

  1. A play of a designated card as a prompt to one's partner to respond with a play…

    A play of a designated card as a prompt to one's partner to respond with a play indicating the kinds of card he/she holds.

    • True, you need some form of checkback, which is an artificial two-club or two-diamond rebid by the responder to ask for more information.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for checkback. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA