checkerboard

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From checker +‎ board.

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checkerboard (plural checkerboards)

  1. A pattern of squares of alternating colours.
  2. A board, usually square, covered with such a pattern; especially such a board with 8×8 squares, used to play chess and draughts/checkers.
  3. (film) A style of negative cutting that avoids visible splice marks.

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checkerboard (third-person singular simple present checkerboards, present participle checkerboarding, simple past and past participle checkerboarded)

  1. (transitive) To checker; to mark with an alternating pattern of light and dark.