See Also: checked(1)(dictionary)
checked(2)(dictionary)
checked(dictionary)
Checked - Horse Racing(gambling)
Checked Out - Motor Sports(gambling)
Checked Swing - Baseball(gambling)
Checked Up - Motor Sports(gambling)

understatement (oh) and checked(1) (iou)


understatement (oh)



[C] a statement that is not strong enough to express how good, bad, impressive etc something really is
::To say the movie was bad is an understatement .
::'It wasn't very easy to find the house.' 'That's got to be the understatement of the year !'
[U] the practice of making something seem to have less of a particular quality than it really has
with understatement
::'We have not done quite well enough,' Macmillan said, with characteristic understatement.

checked(1) (iou)



checked adjective1. Also chequed. LME.
[from CHECK noun2, verb2: see -ED2, -ED1.]
Marked with checks, having checks, chequered.
Time Young kids..in checked shirts and Baseball caps.