checkers
English
Etymology 1
Noun
checkers
Etymology 2
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French eschequier (“chessboard”).
Noun
checkers (uncountable)
- (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.
- (board games, US, Canada, in the plural) the playing pieces in the game of checkers.
Synonyms
- draughts (UK)
Translations
draughts — see draughts
Etymology 3
Verb
checkers
- third-person singular simple present indicative of checker