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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun checker has 3 senses
- checker(n = noun.person) Array - an attendant who checks coats or baggage; Array is a kind of attendant, attender, tender
- checker(n = noun.person) Array - one who checks the correctness of something; Array is a kind of examiner, inspector
- checker(n = noun.artifact) chequer - one of the flat round pieces used in playing the game of checkers; Array has particulars: king
has particulars: check girl, hatcheck girl
Derived form verb check13
Derived form verb check1
is a kind of man, piece
Verb checker has 2 senses
- checker(v = verb.creation) check, chequer - mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on; Array is one way to draw
- checker(v = verb.change) chequer - variegate with different colors, shades, or patterns; Array is one way to motley, variegate, vary
Sample sentence:
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CIDE DICTIONARY
One who checks. [1913 Webster]
checker, v. t. [From OF. eschequier a chessboard, F. échiquier. See Check, n. , and cf. 3d Checker.].
- To mark with small squares like a checkerboard, as by crossing stripes of different colors. [1913 Webster]
- 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]
- A piece in the game of draughts or checkers. [1913 Webster]
- A pattern in checks; a single check. [1913 Webster]
- Checkerwork. [1913 Webster]" This word is also written
chequer ." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
checker, n.
1 a person or thing that verifies or examines, esp. in a factory etc.
2 US a cashier in a supermarket etc.
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.
1 var. of CHEQUER.
2 US a (in pl., usu. treated as sing.) the game of draughts. b = CHECKERMAN.
THESAURUS
checker
alter, ameliorate, band, bar, be changed, be converted into, be renewed, bespangle, bespeckle, bespot, blotch, bottom out, break, change, check, chop, chop and change, come about, come around, come round, dapple, degenerate, deteriorate, deviate, diverge, diversify, dot, flake, fleck, flop, freckle, harlequin, haul around, improve, iris, jibe, maculate, marble, marbleize, meliorate, mitigate, modulate, motley, mottle, mutate, pepper, polychrome, polychromize, rainbow, revive, shift, spangle, speck, speckle, splotch, spot, sprinkle, stigmatize, stipple, streak, striate, stripe, stud, swerve, tack, take a turn, tattoo, tessellate, turn, turn aside, turn into, turn the corner, undergo a change, variegate, vary, veer, vein, warp, worsenROGET THESAURUS
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Variegation
VB be variegated, variegate, stripe, streak, checker, chequer, bespeckle, speckle, besprinkle, sprinkle, stipple, maculate, dot, bespot, tattoo, inlay, damascene, embroider, braid, quilt.
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