Checker

English

Alternative forms

• chequer

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈtʃɛkə/
• (US) IPA: /ˈtʃɛkɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɛkə(r)

Noun

Checker (plural Checkers)

1. One who checks something.
2. The clerk who tallies cost of purchases and accepts payment.
3. A playing piece in the game of checkers (British: draughts).

Derived terms

• checkerberry
• checkerboard

Related terms

• exchequer

Verb

Checker (third-person singular simple present Checkers, present participle Checkering, simple past and past participle Checkered)

1. (transitive) To mark in a pattern of alternating light and dark spots, like a checkerboard.
2. (intransitive) To develop markings in a pattern of alternating light and dark spots, like a checkerboard.

Thesaurus

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