What does Check mean?

Secure the check (Get the payment) For example: "Check cleared (Payment received)"

Where does the slang word Check come from?

Check is a slang term from Gambia. It is part of the rich slang vocabulary used in Gambia and across Africa.

Check

🇬🇲 Gambia Slang

Added Apr 06, 2026 · 1 definition

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Check definition 1

Secure the check (Get the payment)

"Check cleared (Payment received)"

by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026

Word Details

Country: 🇬🇲 Gambia
Definitions: 1 community definition
Added: April 2026

↻ Similar Words

Check 🇿🇦 South Africa

Used as a filler or verb meaning 'look/see'. South Africans say 'Check here' where others might say 'Look here'

"Check, I'm not going to lie… (Look, I'm not going to lie…)"

Check 🇹🇬 Togo

Regarder (To look)

"Check cette fille là! (Look at that girl!)"

🇬🇲 About Gambia Slang

Gambia slang captures the everyday language, street expressions, and cultural vocabulary of its people.

KASINARY has 1855 Gambia slang words collected from native speakers.

Browse all Gambia slang (1855 words)

🌍 "Check" Across Africa

This word is also used in 4 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Check 🇿🇦 South Africa

Used as a filler or verb meaning 'look/see'. South Africans say 'Check here' where others might say 'Look here'

Check 🇹🇬 Togo

Regarder (To look)

Check 🇱🇸 Lesotho

Ho bona / Ho sheba (To see / To look)

Check 🇱🇾 Libya

تشيك (Check / look)

🇬🇲 More Gambia Slang

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