checker
1[chek-er]
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)
Also British, che·quer.
Origin of checker
1checker
2[chek-er]
noun
Origin of checker
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Related Words for checker
detective, monitor, investigator, auditor, controller, patchwork, inspector, appraiser, interrogator, inquisitor, sleuth, overseer, reviewer, tester, scrutinizer, assessor, plaid, variegation, motley, tessellationExamples from the Web for checker
Historical Examples of checker
"That's the checker, my boy," said Yellow Pine, when he saw the fish.
Two ArrowsWilliam O. Stoddard
Frankston, with a violent gesture, swept the checker board clean.
HomesickLyn Venable
The checker pigs had checker bibs on, the striped pigs had striped bibs on.
Rootabaga StoriesCarl Sandburg
"That's the checker," she said, and disappeared with a click of the tongue.
A Spoil of OfficeHamlin Garland
As he handed them to the checker, he looked casually around.
The Penal ClusterIvar Jorgensen (AKA Randall Garrett)
checker
1noun, verb
noun
checker
2noun mainly US and Canadian
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