Checkers
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Checkers is a noun meaning plural of checker.
Meaning
plural of checker.
More Meanings
- third-person singular simple present indicative of checker
- (board games, US, Canada, in the singular) 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.
Synonyms for checkers
Depending on context, synonyms include draughts.
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