checker

  • 61checker — v. a. Variegate, diversify …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 62checker — noun 1 (C) AmE someone who works at the checkout in a supermarket 2 checkers (U) a game that two people play with 12 round pieces each, in which the purpose is to take the other player s pieces by jumping over them with your pieces; draughts;… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 63Checker — ♦ Accounts department. (Wood, Margaret. The English Medieval House, 410) Related terms: Chamber, Exchequer …

    Medieval glossary

  • 64checker — I check•er [[t]ˈtʃɛk ər[/t]] n. 1) chs gam a small, usu. red or black disk of plastic or wood, used in playing checkers 2) chs gam checkers (used with a sing. v.) a game played by two persons, each with 12 playing pieces, on a checkerboard 3) a… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 65checker — /ˈtʃɛkə/ (say chekuh) noun 1. US someone who works at a check out. 2. US a draught. 3. a chequered pattern. –verb (t) 4. US → chequer …

  • 66Checker — /ˈtʃɛkə/ (say chekuh) noun Chubby (born Ernest Evans), born 1941, US rock n roll singer; noted for hit song The Twist (1960) which is associated with the start of the craze for this dance …

  • 67checker — 1. n. 1 a person or thing that verifies or examines, esp. in a factory etc. 2 US a cashier in a supermarket etc. 2. n. 1 var. of CHEQUER. 2 US a (in pl., usu. treated as sing.) the game of draughts. b = CHECKERMAN …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 68‘Chubby’ Checker — ➡ Checker * * * …

    Universalium

  • 69Checker Alley —    See Chequer Alley, Chequer Court, Bishopsgate …

    Dictionary of London

  • 70Checker Inn —    In London Wall Street, west of Coleman Street. In Cripplegate Ward. Within (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 90).    No later reference …

    Dictionary of London