Chinese checkers

American  

noun

1. a board game for two to six players each of whom has ten marbles resting in holes on their section of a six-pointed star: the winner is the first to move all of their own marbles to the opposite side by jumping intervening pieces or moving to adjacent holes that are unoccupied.

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Etymology

Origin of Chinese checkers

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

We had Chinese checkers and Risk, which no one played, and a shelf full of espionage thrillers with die-cut covers and content inappropriate for children.

From New York Times

This is kind of like Chinese checkers meets Battle Sheep.

From Seattle Times

“Like the free pedicures, the photo printing machine, Chinese checkers and origami.”

From New York Times

Two older men argue over a game of Chinese checkers while kids play handball on the courts below.

From The Guardian

They typically appropriated a Scrabble board for a basic grid, then brought in Scrabble tiles, chess pieces, Chinese checkers, mah-jongg tiles and Dungeons & Dragons dice, according to Nigel, who now works for Google.

From New York Times