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bodycheck

5.8

A physical search of a person's body or clothes to find dangerous items

noun
/ˈbɑdiˌtʃɛk/

: cacheo

After the alarm sounded, the officer conducted a thorough bodycheck of everyone in the area.

Examples

Passengers must undergo a bodycheck at the airport for safety reasons.
Did the police conduct a bodycheck on the suspect?
The security guard performed a bodycheck before allowing anyone into the concert hall.
The security guard performed a quick bodycheck before allowing him inside.
Before entering the stadium, everyone had to go through a bodycheck by the security staff.
The officer performed a careful bodycheck of all individuals exiting the building during the emergency drill.
For security reasons, every visitor must undergo a bodycheck when entering the secured area.

Synonyms

pat-down

vsbodycheck

47 4.9

A quick search of someone's clothes by touching to find hidden items

includes searching both the whole body and clothing rather than only outer clothes

frisk

vsbodycheck

NSFW

9 7.5

A quick check of a person's clothes for hidden weapons or drugs

covers broader security searches that may include whole body checks

frisking

vsbodycheck

NSFW

1 6.6

Searching someone by patting their outer clothes to find weapons or drugs

is a general term for body or clothing searches in security contexts

How Thorough

strip search

NSFW

10 6.1

bodycheck

5.8

frisk

NSFW

9 7.5

Surface Forms

bodycheck singular

bodychecks plural

Morphology

bodycheck = body + check (transparent) = body + check

The compound literally denotes checking or examining the body, which is a straightforward combination of 'body' + 'check'.

Etymology

Bodycheck joins body and check, and in this meaning check means 'to look at' or 'examine', like a 'security check'. So a bodycheck is a search of a person's clothes or body to make sure they are safe.