English Explanatory Dictionary

checker

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One who or that which checks or verifies something.
  2. One who makes a check mark.
  3. The clerk who tallies cost of purchases and accepts payment.
  4. One who hinders or stops something.
noun
  1. A playing piece in the game of checkers (British: draughts), or certain other table games such as backgammon.
  2. A pattern of alternating colours as on a chessboard.
  3. An individual square appearing in such a pattern.
verb
  1. To mark in a pattern of alternating light and dark positions, like a checkerboard.
  2. To develop markings in a pattern of alternating light and dark positions, like a checkerboard.
noun
  1. The fruit of the wild service tree or chequer tree, Photinia villosa, syn. Sorbus terminalis

Pronunciation

/ˈtʃɛkə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-checker.wav /ˈt͡ʃɛkɚ/

Word forms

checker checkers chequer checkering checkered

Etymology

From check + -er.

Related words

exchequer

Derived words

box checker fact checker grammar checker heat checker pecker checker spell checker spell-checker spelling checker typechecker bechecker checkerboard checkerist checkerspot checkerwise checkerwork green-white-checker checkerberry checkerbloom checkermallow
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