checker
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1.6
- noun
- /ˈtʃɛkər/
- US
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- When he felt up to it, we played games, chess or checkers mostly.
- play checkers
- chess and checkers
Examples
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You know, once I was playing checkers, and I lost all my pieces.
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I went back to the table, and in the dark, swept the board and checkers into the box.
Fiction book (1992) -
We had some class time, but we played a lot of checkers, too.
Fiction book (2000) -
He says he can beat me in the game of checkers.
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The little boy would watch him try cases, playing checkers with a deputy during downtime.
Academic text (2011) -
Lucy and Conner are playing checkers while Sam cooks dinner.
Fiction book (2001) -
Let's play some checkers.
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Let's play some checkers on the table this afternoon.
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He practiced his strategy for the game of checkers before the tournament.
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During the rainy day, we spent hours playing checkers in the living room.
Synonyms
145
7.1
A small piece used in board games like chess or checkers
Compounds
- Specialized
A computer program that finds mistakes in the order of words or symbols in text
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Checker for the round game piece comes from the old word chequer, which means 'board of squares' and is seen in checkerboard. So a checker is a small piece that moves on those squares.