checkers

British  

/ ˈtʃɛkəz /

noun

1. (functioning as singular) a game for two players using a checkerboard and 12 checkers each. The object is to jump over and capture the opponent's pieces

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Explanation

Checkers is a game played on a board checkered with squares of two colors. Two players compete in checkers to have the last piece on the board. The game pieces in checkers — which you can also call checkers — are usually red and black. Players move diagonally on the board, trying to reach the opposite side where their pieces can be "kinged," or doubled, giving them more powers. On the way, a player attempts to jump over her opponent's pieces and capture them. In Britain, the identical game is called "draughts."

Example Sentences

While not critical to the book’s central point, such errors highlight what can happen when experts wander too far from a fact checker’s gaze.

From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2021

It was a little overzealous on the fact checker’s part.

From Slate • Feb. 8, 2018

Word spread about the fact checker’s inquiry when Dayna Tortorici, the editor of the Brooklyn literary magazine n+1, wrote on Twitter that “a legacy print magazine is planning to publish a piece ‘outing’ the woman.”

From New York Times • Feb. 3, 2018

Donegan declined, only to be blindsided much later by the fact checker’s inquiry.

From The Guardian • Jan. 12, 2018

He was walking down the corridor toward the checker's office when a hand clapped him on the shoulder.

From Anchorite by Schelling, George Luther