checkup

noun

check·​up ˈchek-ˌəp 

plural checkups

: a general examination of someone's or something's condition

… Take your car or minivan to the garage for a thorough checkup.

—Travel Holiday

especially : a periodic medical or dental examination

Family history for breast, prostate and colon cancer is one of the first things any competent doctor asks you about at a checkup.

—Peter Huber

After each checkup, the dentist asks, "Have you been flossing?" The big lie: "Of course."

—Jin Lee

Synonyms

• inspection
• examination
• audit
• survey
• scrutiny

Examples of checkup in a Sentence

She goes for a checkup every year.

The doctor gave me a checkup.

She brought in her car for a 30,000-mile checkup.

Recent Examples on the Web

For many, that means skipping checkups, delaying prescriptions, or deciding which bill not to pay. —Linda Goler Blount, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025

Get an insurance checkup and document your possessions. —Doyle Rice, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025

The detainees were being sent to Nasser Hospital, in Khan Younis, for medical checkups. —Mosab Abu Toha, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025

More than 4 in 5 participants didn’t feel the standard of care (a six-week postpartum checkup) was enough. —Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 8 Oct. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1900, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for checkup

• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup
• markup
• pickup

Kids Definition

checkup

noun

check·​up ˈchek-ˌəp 

: examination sense 1

a dental checkup

especially : a general physical examination

Medical Definition

checkup

noun

check·​up ˈchek-ˌəp 

: examination

especially : a general physical examination