checker : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: checker	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for checker
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
checker n an attendant who checks coats or baggage one who checks the correctness of something one of the flat round pieces used in playing the game of checkers Synonym(s): checker, chequer v mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on Synonym(s): check, checker, chequer variegate with different colors, shades, or patterns Synonym(s): checker, chequer
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Checker \Check"er\, n. [From {Check}, v. t.] One who checks.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Checker \Check"er\ (ch[ecr]k"[etil]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Checkered} (-[etil]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Checkering}.] [From OF. eschequier a chessboard, F. [82]chiquier. See {Check}, n., and cf. 3d {Checker}.] 1. To mark with small squares like a checkerboard, as by crossing stripes of different colors. 2. To variegate or diversify with different qualities, colors, scenes, or events; esp., to subject to frequent alternations of prosperity and adversity. Our minds are, as it were, checkered with truth and falsehood. --Addison.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Checker \Check"er\, n. [OF. eschequier. See {Checker}, v. t.] 1. A piece in the game of draughts or checkers. 2. A pattern in checks; a single check. 3. Checkerwork. Note: This word is also written chequer.