Sekirov Dictionary

checker

UK /ˈtʃɛkə/US /ˈt͡ʃɛkɚ/

noun 8
verb 2
forms 3

noun8

A playing piece in the game of checkers (British: draughts), or certain other table games such as backgammon.
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The clerk who tallies cost of purchases and accepts payment.
- There was a long line at the grocery store because the checker was so slow.
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One who or that which checks or verifies something.
- So, keep in mind that Microsoft Word’s Spelling tool is as much a “typo” tool as a checker of spelling. — 1992
A pattern of alternating colours as on a chessboard.
An individual square appearing in such a pattern.
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One who makes a check mark.
- "Essentially," said a senior vice president of the FHLBB of Dallas, "we were checkers of boxes." — 1989
One who hinders or stops something.
The fruit of the wild service tree or chequer tree, Photinia villosa, syn. Sorbus terminalis

verb2

To mark in a pattern of alternating light and dark positions, like a checkerboard.
To develop markings in a pattern of alternating light and dark positions, like a checkerboard.

forms

checkered · checkering · checkers

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