1. checker(n = noun.person) - an attendant who checks coats or baggage;
is a kind of attendant, attender, tender
has particulars: check girl, hatcheck girl
Derived form verb check13
2. checker(n = noun.person) - one who checks the correctness of something;
is a kind of examiner, inspector
Derived form verb check1
3. checker(n = noun.artifact) chequer - one of the flat round pieces used in playing the game of checkers;
is a kind of man, piece
has particulars: king
1. checker(v = verb.creation) check, chequer - mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on;
is one way to draw
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
2. checker(v = verb.change) chequer - variegate with different colors, shades, or patterns;
is one way to motley, variegate, vary
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
One who checks. [1913 Webster]
1. To mark with small squares like a checkerboard, as by crossing stripes of different colors. [1913 Webster]
2. To variegate or diversify with different qualities, colors, scenes, or events; esp., to subject to frequent alternations of prosperity and adversity. [1913 Webster]
"Our minds are, as it were, checkered with truth and falsehood." [1913 Webster]
1. A piece in the game of draughts or checkers. [1913 Webster]
2. A pattern in checks; a single check. [1913 Webster]
3. Checkerwork. [1913 Webster]
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checker, n.
1 a person or thing that verifies or examines, esp. in a factory etc.
2 US a cashier in a supermarket etc.
checker, n.
1 var. of CHEQUER.
2 US a (in pl., usu. treated as sing.) the game of draughts. b = CHECKERMAN.
VB be variegated, variegate, stripe, streak, checker, chequer, bespeckle, speckle, besprinkle, sprinkle, stipple, maculate, dot, bespot, tattoo, inlay, damascene, embroider, braid, quilt.