CHECKERS

checkers, draughts

(noun) a checkerboard game for two players who each have 12 pieces; the object is to jump over and so capture the opponent’s pieces

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

checkers

plural of checker

Etymology 2

Noun

checkers (uncountable)

(board games, US, Canada, in the singular) A game for two players played on a chessboard; the players have 12 pieces each, and the object is to capture all the opponent’s pieces by jumping over them. Other European varieties have larger boards and more playing pieces.

(board games, US, Canada, in the plural) the playing pieces in the game of checkers.

Synonyms

• draughts (UK)

Etymology 3

Verb

checkers

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of checker

Anagrams

• rechecks

Source: Wiktionary

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Check"ers, n. pl. Etym: [See Checher, v.]

Definition: A game, called also daughts, played on a checkerboard by two persons, each having twelve men (counters or checkers) which are moved diagonally. The game is ended when either of the players has lost all his men, or can not move them.

CHECKER

Check"er, n. Etym: [From Check, v. t.]

Definition: One who checks.

Check"er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Checkered; p. pr. & vb. n. Checkering.] Etym: [From OF. eschequier a chessboard, F. échiquier. See Check, n., and cf. 3d Checker.]

1. To mark with small squares like a checkerboard, as by crossing stripes of different colors.

2. To variegate or diversify with different qualities, color, scenes, or events; esp., to subject to frequent alternations of prosterity and adversity. Our minds are, as it were, checkered with truth and falsehood. Addison.

Check"er, n. Etym: [OF. eschequier. See Checker, v. t.]

1. A piece in the game of draughts or checkers.

2. A pattern in checks; a single check.

3. Checkerwork.

Note: This word is also written chequer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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