Synonyms for checker

Grammar : Noun

Spell : chek-er

Phonetic Transcription : ˈtʃɛk ər

Top 10 synonyms for checker

Other synonyms for the word checker

Définition of checker

Origin : mid-13c., "game of chess (or checkers);" c.1300, "a chessboard, board with 64 squares for playing chess or similar games; a set of chessmen" a shortening of Old French eschequier "chessboard; a game of chess," from Medieval Latin scaccarium (see check (n.)).
Meaning "pattern of squares" is late 14c. Meaning "a man or marker in the game of checkers" is from 1864. British prefers chequer. From late 14c. as "a checked design." The word had earlier senses of "table covered with checked cloth for counting" (late 12c. in Anglo-Latin), a sense also in Old French (see checker (n.2)).

As in inspector : noun examiner
As in mosaic : noun collage
As in examiner : noun tester
As in prober : noun inquirer
As in querier : noun inquirer
As in quester : noun inquirer
As in questioner : noun inquirer

Example sentences :

"That's the checker, my boy," said Yellow Pine, when he saw the fish.
Extract from : « Two Arrows » by William O. Stoddard

Frankston, with a violent gesture, swept the checker board clean.
Extract from : « Homesick » by Lyn Venable

The checker pigs had checker bibs on, the striped pigs had striped bibs on.
Extract from : « Rootabaga Stories » by Carl Sandburg

"That's the checker," she said, and disappeared with a click of the tongue.
Extract from : « A Spoil of Office » by Hamlin Garland

As he handed them to the checker, he looked casually around.
Extract from : « The Penal Cluster » by Ivar Jorgensen (AKA Randall Garrett)

It seemed, at first, little better than his old job as watchman and checker.
Extract from : « The Shadow » by Arthur Stringer

Maybe she would like to read about checker debates or the like.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories, August, 1931 » by Various

Beyond the blue mountains, the driver drew the car into the checker stand.
Extract from : « Earth Alert! » by Kris Neville

The first hint of trouble was a call from a checker to the front office.
Extract from : « Joy Ride » by Mark Meadows

In order to get the checker effect, the weave must now change.
Extract from : « Practical Basketry » by Anna A. Gill

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