hot check
English
editEtymology
editFrom sense hot (“illegal, stolen”) – compare hot property (“stolen goods”).
Noun
edithot check (plural hot checks)
- (US, Texas) A check with non-sufficient funds (not enough money in the bank to back it up), written fraudulently.
- 1978, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, “There Ain’t No Good Chain Gang”, in I Would Like to See You Again, Columbia Records:
- And you don’t go writing hot checks down in Mississippi,
Hypernyms
edit- (check with insufficient funds, written fraudulently): bad check, bounced check, rubber check