CHECKER

n. v.

6 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

One who checks.

2.
v.

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

3.
v.

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.

4.
n.

A piece in the game of draughts or checkers.

5.
n.

A pattern in checks; a single check.

6.
n.

Checkerwork.


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