checker

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[ chek-er ]
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noun
  1. a small, usually red or black disk of plastic or wood, used in playing checkers.

  2. checkers,

    • Also called, British, draughts [drafts, drahfts] /dræfts, drɑfts/ .(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.

  1. a checkered pattern.

  2. one of the squares of a checkered pattern.

verb (used with object)
  1. to mark like a checkerboard.

  2. to diversify in color; variegate.

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

Origin of checker

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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
  • Also British, che·quer .

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Other definitions for checker (2 of 2)

checker2
[ chek-er ]

noun
  1. a person or thing that checks.

  2. a cashier, as in a supermarket or cafeteria.

  1. a person who checks coats, baggage, etc.

Origin of checker

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First recorded in 1525–35; check1 + -er1

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British Dictionary definitions for checker (1 of 2)

checker1

/ (ˈtʃɛkə) /


noun, verb
  1. the usual US spelling of chequer

noun
  1. textiles a variant spelling of chequer (def. 2)

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

British Dictionary definitions for checker (2 of 2)

checker2

/ (ˈtʃɛkə) /


nounmainly US and Canadian
  1. a cashier, esp in a supermarket

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

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