A "check-in-the-box" and is an action or mandate that a group or authority takes when it doesn't want to be liable for something, so they put on an act that everyone secretly knows is functionally meaningless but has enough good intention so that criticism is often viciously attacked. In the end, if a worst-case scenario presents itself, the group or authority in question can claim they took all the possible precautions they had at their disposal and are not liable for damages while exclaiming how sorry they are things didn't happen as they would have liked. This usually leads to calls for more feel-good protocols and additional checks-in-the-box actions, and if the group or authorities' performance is good enough can even lead to the group or authority being lauded for their benevolence, all the while the people forgetting it was the original check-in-the-box that might have caused the crisis.
Person A: Do you think installing a sign warning people that there is no lifeguard on duty will help prevent drowning?
Person B: (Being honest) Of course not, but it's a check-in-the-box, so we won't be responsible if anything else does happen.
Person A: You're so cynical.
Person B: (Being honest) Of course not, but it's a check-in-the-box, so we won't be responsible if anything else does happen.
Person A: You're so cynical.
by LaughingGhost February 23, 2021
by L-cubed April 08, 2018
by Exponaut620 June 16, 2014
Slang for "stimulus check" coined by rapper, Genesis Be in her song "Did You Get Your Stimi Check" in March of 2020.
by BuckCityBaby December 31, 2020
The act of hooking a lover's upper teeth with your tongue so as to ascertain whether they might have dentures at a ridiculously young age. Most commonly a prelude to oral sex.
"Sharon was so shy she wasn't going to tell me she had dentures before sucking me - lucky I did a denture check."
by spongeymushroom February 21, 2013
Used amongst employees of the service (bartender, waiter, busser, etc) field. Meant to bring attention to a certain customer present at a table, booth, counter, or elsewhere within the property for a visually obvious reason without arising suspicion amongst the patrons.
Busser: Silverware check table 85.
Waiter: Holy shit, you can see her tits from here!
Busser: Silverware check the bar top, pretty sure the female at the end isn't old enough to order juice, let alone a drink.
Waiter: Holy shit, you can see her tits from here!
Busser: Silverware check the bar top, pretty sure the female at the end isn't old enough to order juice, let alone a drink.
by NiggaHatingDolphin August 09, 2011
Walking into the restroom at a public place and going through all of the stalls because you cant find a clean one.
by readyset303 February 15, 2011