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Definition of gravity checks
gravity check
noun
- when an individual or object falls due to gravity. Usually implies injury (or at least that it hurt,) or damage. Origin: snowboarding, surfing, mountain biking, and skating.
She just had one hell of a gravity check!
- See more words with the same meaning: an injury.
Last edited on Sep 01 1998. Submitted by Chris Sallaz from MI, USA on Sep 01 1998.
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Other terms relating to 'an injury': | |
Definitions include: a stupid person; "moron"; "idiot". | |
Definitions include: a beating. | |
Definitions include: a "titty-twister". | |
Definitions include: a sound beating. | |
Definitions include: superficial injuries (i.e. scrapes and scratches) caused by sliding along a road. | |
Definitions include: an injury. | |
Definitions include: a mistake. |
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Definitions include: ok, or yes. | |
Definitions include: to get rid of before entering a venue. | |
Definitions include: what is she doing | |
Definitions include: something worthy of "checking out"; "awesome"; "cool"; "wicked". | |
Definitions include: to look at; examine; "check it out". | |
Definitions include: "pay attention." | |
Definitions include: telling someone to check you out. | |
Definitions include: used during some kind of competition in which one party reminds the other of the score or the results of their competition. | |
Definitions include: to listen to. | |
Definitions include: used to indicate one wants to leave the current situation. | |
Definitions include: "Check out that hot guy." | |
Definitions include: to defecate. | |
Definitions include: to accidentally hit or run over a curb while driving a motor vehicle. | |
Definitions include: a declaration, often made in an argument among friends to end the argument, that a person's opinion or statement of facts are not credible. | |
Definitions include: a pedant. | |
Other terms relating to 'gravity': | |
Definitions include: acronym for "high gravity". | |
Definitions include: with high alcohol content. | |
Definitions include: acronym for "ocular gravity force". |
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