hot check en · NOUN
Etymology
From sense hot (“illegal, stolen”) – compare hot property (“stolen goods”).
Meanings
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(Texas, US) A check with non-sufficient funds (not enough money in the bank to back it up), written fraudulently.
And you don’t go writing hot checks down in Mississippi,
1978, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, “There Ain’t No Good Chain Gang”, in I Would Like to See You Again, Columbia Records:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| hot checks | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Hypernyms
rubber check (check with insufficient funds, written fraudulently) · bad check (check with insufficient funds, written fraudulently) · bounced check (check with insufficient funds, written fraudulently)