checkback - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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checkback (uncountable)
- (bridge) A play of a designated card as a prompt to one's partner to respond with a play indicating the kinds of card he/she holds.
2007 May 10, Phillip Alder, “From a Nevada Tournament, Defense by the Textbook”, in New York Times[1]:
True, you need some form of checkback, which is an artificial two-club or two-diamond rebid by the responder to ask for more information.