checker
IPA: tʃˈɛkɝ
noun
- One who or that which checks or verifies something.
- One who makes a check mark.
- The clerk who tallies cost of purchases and accepts payment.
- One who hinders or stops something.
- A playing piece in the game of checkers (British: draughts).
- A pattern of alternating colours as on a chessboard.
- An individual square appearing in such a pattern.
- The fruit of the wild service tree or chequer tree, Photinia villosa, syn. Sorbus terminalis
verb
- (transitive) To mark in a pattern of alternating light and dark positions, like a checkerboard.
- (intransitive) To develop markings in a pattern of alternating light and dark positions, like a checkerboard.
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Examples of "checker" in Sentences
- The checker at the grocery store scanned each item quickly and efficiently
- She used a red and white checker pattern for the tablecloth at the picnic
- The teacher asked the students to partner up and play a game of checker during recess
- The airport security agent ran a checker over each passenger's luggage before boarding the plane
- The police officer used a breathalyzer checker to test the driver's blood alcohol level
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