dam, dike, retaining wall, wall, stone wall.
11. arrest, standstill, halt, stoppage; cessation, ceasing, discontinuation, discontinuance; suspension, abeyance; delay, holdover, deferment, deferral, postponement.
12. repulse, rebuff, rejection, setback, reverse, reversal; upset, checkmate, defeat, rout; impasse, dead end, stalemate, deadlock; difficulty, opposition, flak; disappointment, frustration, bafflement, nonplus.
13. test, test run, control test, trial, trial run, dry run, check-out; inspection, examination, exploration, search, probe, investigation; scrutiny, perusal, study, research, Archaic, indagation; verification, check-back, corroboration, validation, substantiation, authentication, confirmation.
14. criterion, standard, norm; measure, gauge, rule, yardstick; guideline, canon, principle; pattern, model, type, example, bench mark.
15. bill, tab; ticket, stub, receipt, scrip, coupon, token, tessera, Chiefly Brit, counterfoil; certificate, voucher, chit; label, Brit, docket; credentials, identification, ID, authorization, papers, pass.
checkered, adj. 1. diverse, diversified, varied, versatile, many-sided.
2. variegated, multicolored, many-colored; checked, plaid, tartan.
checkmate, n. 1. halt, stop, stoppage, arrest, check, stand, stay, Chess, mate; block, blockage, impasse; stalemate, deadlock, standstill, full stop, dead stop; stand-off, tie, draw, dead heat.
2. defeat, overthrow, rout, discomfiture; conquest, vanquishment, subjugation, victory, triumph, win; beating, drubbing, trouncing.
3. frustration, bafflement, thwarting, foiling; hindrance, obstruction, barrier, bar.
-v. 4. rout, discomfit, trounce, drub, whip, crush, overwhelm, put to flight, floor, SI. mop or wipe the floor with, Inf. make short work of; conquer, subjugate, vanquish, subdue, overpower, overthrow, master, overmaster; overcome, defeat, beat, worst, lick, win the day, prevail over, triumph over; outma-neuver, outgeneral, outwit, trump.
5. stop, arrest, check, Chess, mate; frustrate, foil, thwart, hinder, obstruct; ruin, spoil, upset, trip up.
cheek, n. 1. jowl, chop, gill.
2. Informal, audacity, impudence, insolence. See - audacity (def. 2).
3. cheeks Slang, buttocks, rump, Inf. rear end. See - buttock.
4. tongue in cheek facetiously, jokingly, jestingly, in jest, in fun, as a joke; mockingly, sarcastically, insincerely.
cheep, v. chirp, chirrup, peep, tweet, twitter, chat ter; sing, carol, lilt,
cheer, n. 1. shout, yell, hurrah, hurray, huz-
zah, rah.
2. encouragement, comfort, solace, consolation, relief; hopefulness, hope, faith, confidence, reassurance; inspiration, inspiritment, heartening, enheartenment, emboldening.
3. cheerfulness, gladness, gaiety, gayness; good or high spirits, blitheness, blithesomeness, light-heartedness, buoyancy, optimism, good nature; joy, sunshine, delight, pleasure, happiness, felicity, bliss; joyfulness, joyousness, jubilation, exhilaration, exultation, glee, elation; joviality, merriment, jollity, mirth, mirthfulness, hilarity; jubilance, jubilancy, rejoicing, jubilee, frolic, fun, enjoyment; revelry, revel, conviviality, festivity.