Definitions for checkers
check·ers

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. checkers, draughtsnoun

   a checkerboard game for two players who each have 12 pieces; the object is to jump over and so capture the opponent's pieces

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. checkersnoun

   A game for two players played on a chessboard; the players have 12 pieces each, and the object is to capture all the opponent's pieces by jumping over them. Other European varieties have larger boards and more playing pieces.

2. checkersnoun

   the playing pieces in the game of checkers.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Checkers

   Checkers (American English), also known as draughts (; British English), is a group of strategy board games for two players which involve diagonal moves of uniform game pieces and mandatory captures by jumping over opponent pieces. Checkers is developed from alquerque. The term "checkers" derives from the checkered board which the game is played on, whereas "draughts" derives from the verb "to draw" or "to move".The most popular forms of checkers in Anglophone countries are American checkers (also called English draughts), which is played on an 8×8 checkerboard; Russian draughts, Turkish draughts both on an 8x8 board, and International draughts, played on a 10×10 board – the latter is widely played in many countries worldwide. There are many other variants played on 8×8 boards. Canadian checkers and Singaporean/Malaysian checkers (also locally known as dum) are played on a 12×12 board. American checkers was weakly solved in 2007 by a team of Canadian computer scientists led by Jonathan Schaeffer. From the standard starting position, perfect play by each side would result in a draw.

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1. checkers

   Checkers is a two-player board game, typically played on a square board with 64 alternating colored squares. The game is played with round, flat pieces called checkers which are moved diagonally across the squares. The aim of the game is to capture all of the opponent's pieces or block them so they cannot be moved.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Checkers

   a game, called also daughts, played on a checkerboard by two persons, each having twelve men (counters or checkers) which are moved diagonally. The game is ended when either of the players has lost all his men, or can not move them

2. Etymology: [See Checher, v.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Checkers

   chek′ėrz, n.pl. the game of draughts.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. checkers

   A game much used by seamen, especially in the tops, where usually a checker-board will be found carved.

Matched Categories

1. • Board Game

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Anagrams for checkers »

1. rechecks

How to pronounce checkers?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say checkers in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of checkers in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of checkers in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of checkers in a Sentence

1. Ateev Mehrotra:

   While most doctors know patients are going to the Internet to search for medical advice, in terms of these symptom checkers, I've been surprised that few of my colleagues even knew they existed.

2. Emo Phillips:

   My computer beat me at checkers, but I sure beat it at kickboxing.

3. Jim Acosta:

   While Donald Trump's still licking Donald Trump wounds down in Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump poses a threat to this country, this is not a time to put away our fact checkers in some sort of box on a shelf. They're going to be needed to fact-check this movement. Donald Trump may be going away, but Donald Trump is not.

4. Josh Blackman:

   If the Supreme Court rules that the President's actions can be halted based on his campaign statements, courts will be drawn into the unenviable position of serving as fact-checkers for the executive branch.

5. Carly Fiorina:

   Well, in this particular case the fact checkers are correct.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=checkers
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Checkers
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checkers
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/checkers
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=checkers
7. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=checkers
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=checkers