checkers

/ (ˈtʃɛkəz) /

noun

(functioning as singular) US and Canadian 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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Words nearby checkers

checkerboard, checkered, checkered career, checkered flag, checkered lily, checkers, checkerspot, checkerwork, checkhook, check-in, checking account

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The higher your score, the more likely it is that you can lip-sync along to the “Checkers” Speech.
The World’s Toughest Political Quiz|Jeff Greenfield|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They played chess and checkers with him, let him watch soccer matches on TV and eventually gave him a radio.
Gilad Shalit’s Five Years in Gaza|Dan Ephron|October 19, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Three, in jump seats, were a combination of observers and checkers.
2010's Unsafe Skies|Clive Irving|December 30, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Thwarted Conquest: "I never said anything about checkers, old man!"
The Real Jersey Dictionary, Vol. 2|Jaimie Etkin|October 21, 2010|DAILY BEAST

A field divided into squares or checkers formed checky, and when divided into what are now called lozenges it became lozengy.
Heraldry for Craftsmen & Designers|William Henry St. John Hope
There was an accountant, the store clerk, two checkers who tallied ore brought up each shift.
Man of Many Minds|E. Everett Evans
By the way, checkers on ale-house doors originated, I have been told, in a curious circumstance.
Recollections of Old Liverpool|A Nonagenarian
You never can tell where a game of checkers will end, said Westy.
Roy Blakeley, Lost, Strayed or Stolen|Percy Keese Fitzhugh
The nails are jumped off in the same manner that men are jumped in the game of checkers.
School, Church, and Home Games|George O. Draper

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