checker

[ chek-er ]

/ ˈtʃɛk ər /

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noun

a small, usually red or black disk of plastic or wood, used in playing checkers.

checkers,

Also called, British, draughts .(used with a singular verb) a game played by two persons, each with 12 playing pieces, on a checkerboard.
(in a regenerative furnace) loosely stacked brickwork through which furnace gases and incoming air are passed in turn, so that the heat of the exhaust is absorbed and later transferred to the incoming air.

a checkered pattern.

one of the squares of a checkered pattern.

verb (used with object)

to mark like a checkerboard.

to diversify in color; variegate.

to diversify in character; subject to alternations: Sorrow and joy have checkered his life.

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Also British, che·quer .

Origin of checker

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English check(i)er, chequer, chekker “chessboard, checkerboard,” from Old French eschequier, eschaquier (by shortening), equivalent to eschec + -er; see origin at check¹, -er²

Words nearby checker

check card, check digit, checked, checked swing, checkedy, checker, checkerberry, checkerbloom, checkerboard, checkered, checkered career

Other definitions for checker (2 of 2)

checker²

[ chek-er ]

/ ˈtʃɛk ər /

noun

a person or thing that checks.

a cashier, as in a supermarket or cafeteria.

a person who checks coats, baggage, etc.

Origin of checker

First recorded in 1525–35; check¹ + -er¹

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How to use checker in a sentence

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Until now, Facebook has responded to this sort of viral misinformation by pointing to its team of fact checkers it employs, which can result in Facebook taking down some stories or placing a warning label on them.
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Not checkers, not chess, not Connect Four, certainly not a half-court shot with $1,200 on the line.
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One of the most renowned names in the field of Go, a strategy board game that combines chess and checkers, the 22-year-old is presently ranked No.
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Not to be a killjoy fact-checker, but this does seem like an important detail to get right.
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As a dyslexic,” he said, “the spell checker has transformed my life.
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I was a fact-checker for Time International, working on the European and Asian editions.
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Then you graduated to clipper and finally to researcher—or fact-checker.
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“When the fact checker from This American Life contacted Daisey, Daisey created a story,” Hesseldahl said.
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They moved toward the door, but there Mr. Spackles paused to look back grandly upon the checker players.
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"Now we can sit around the fire after dinner and tell stories," she said, putting away her papers in an old checker-board.
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But so fine a house ought to have a better checker-board than a barrel-head, with grains of corn for men.
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As he handed them to the checker, he looked casually around.
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Another half hour passed, and then he decided to get up and watch one of the checker games that was in progress near him.
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British Dictionary definitions for checker (1 of 2)

checker¹

/ (ˈtʃɛkə) /

noun, verb

the usual US spelling of chequer

noun

textiles a variant spelling of chequer (def. 2)

US and Canadian any one of the 12 flat thick discs used by each player in the game of checkersAlso called (in Britain and certain other countries): draughtsman

British Dictionary definitions for checker (2 of 2)

checker²

/ (ˈtʃɛkə) /

noun mainly US and Canadian

a cashier, esp in a supermarket

an attendant in a cloakroom, left-luggage office, etc

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British Dictionary definitions for checker (1 of 2)

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