check/take/feel someone's pulse

: exposure of a chess king to an attack from which he must be protected or moved to safety

: a sudden stoppage of a forward course or progress : arrest

: a checking of an opposing player (as in ice hockey)

: to put (a chess king) in check

: rebuke, reprimand

: to slow or bring to a stop : brake

used to express assent or agreement

: to get into one's hands or into one's possession, power, or control: such as

: to seize or capture physically

: to get possession of (fish or game) by killing or capturing

: a distinct or personal point of view, outlook, or assessment

: an act or the action of taking: such as

: the uninterrupted photographing or televising of a scene

: to handle or touch in order to examine, test, or explore some quality

: to perceive by a physical sensation coming from discrete end organs (as of the skin or muscles)

: to undergo passive experience of

: sensation, feeling

: the sense of touch

: the quality of a thing as imparted through or as if through touch

: some person : somebody

: the edible seeds of various crops (such as peas, beans, or lentils) of the legume family

: the regular expansion of an artery caused by the ejection of blood into the arterial system by the contractions of the heart

: the palpable beat resulting from such pulse as detected in a superficial artery

: underlying sentiment or opinion or an indication of it

: to exhibit a pulse or pulsation : throb

: to drive by or as if by a pulsation

: to cause to pulsate