| checker | | |
| n. (person) | 1. checker | an attendant who checks coats or baggage. |
| ~ attendant, attender, tender | someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another. |
| ~ check girl, hatcheck girl | a female checker. |
| n. (person) | 2. checker | one who checks the correctness of something. |
| ~ examiner, inspector | an investigator who observes carefully.; "the examiner searched for clues" |
| n. (artifact) | 3. checker, chequer | one of the flat round pieces used in playing the game of checkers. |
| ~ checkers, draughts | a checkerboard game for two players who each have 12 pieces; the object is to jump over and so capture the opponent's pieces. |
| ~ king | a checker that has been moved to the opponent's first row where it is promoted to a piece that is free to move either forward or backward. |
| ~ man, piece | game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games.; "he taught me to set up the men on the chess board"; "he sacrificed a piece to get a strategic advantage" |
| v. (creation) | 4. check, checker, chequer | mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on. |
| ~ draw | represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface.; "She drew an elephant"; "Draw me a horse" |
| v. (change) | 5. checker, chequer | variegate with different colors, shades, or patterns. |
| ~ motley, variegate, vary | make something more diverse and varied.; "Vary the menu" |
| checkers | | |
| n. (act) | 1. checkers, draughts | a checkerboard game for two players who each have 12 pieces; the object is to jump over and so capture the opponent's pieces. |
| ~ board game | a game played on a specially designed board. |
| ~ black | (board games) the darker pieces. |
| ~ chequer, checker | one of the flat round pieces used in playing the game of checkers. |
| ~ checker board, checkerboard | a board having 64 squares of two alternating colors. |
| ~ king | a checker that has been moved to the opponent's first row where it is promoted to a piece that is free to move either forward or backward. |
| ~ white | (board games) the lighter pieces. |
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