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checker

N ตาราง หมากรุก ta-rang-mak-ruk

checker

N ผู้ ที่ ตรวจสอบ checkout person examiner phu-ti-truad-sob

checker

VT ใส่ เครื่องหมาย ตาราง หมากรุก sai-kreang-mai-ta-rang-mak-ruk

checkerberry

N ผล ไม้แดง ของ ต้นไม้ จำพวก Gaultheria procumbens

checkerboard

N กระดานหมากรุก หรือ หมากฮอส kra-dan-mak-ruk-rue-mak-hod

checkered

ADJ ที่ มี รูปร่าง เป็น สี่เหลี่ยมจตุรัส ti-me-rub-rang-pen-se-liam-ja-tu-rad

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CHECKER

v.t. 1. To variegate with cross lines; to form into little squares, like a chess board, by lines or stripes of different colors. Hence,
2. To diversify; to variegate with different qualities, scenes, or events.
Our minds are, as it were, checkered with truth and falsehood.

CHECKER

n. 1. One who checks or restrains; a rebuker.
2. A chess-board.

CHECKER, CHECKER-WORK

n.Work varied alternately as to its colors or materials; work consisting of cross lines.

CHECKERS

n.plu. A common game on a checkered board.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CHECKER

Check "er, n. Etym: [From Check, v. t.]

Defn: One who checks.

CHECKER

Check "er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Checkered; p. pr. & vb. n. Checkering.]Etym: [From OF. eschequier a chessboard, F. échiquier. 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, color, scenes, or events; esp. , to subject to frequent alternations of prosterity and adversity. Our minds are, as it were, checkered with truth and falsehood. Addison.

CHECKER

Check "er, n. Etym: [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.

CHECKERBERRY

Check "er *ber `ry, n.; pl. Checkerberries. (Bot. )

Defn: A spicy plant and its bright red berry; the wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens ). Also incorrectly applied to the partridge berry (Mitchella repens ).

CHECKERBOARD

CHECKERBOARD Check "er *board, n.

Defn: A board with sixty-four squares of alternate color, used for playing checkers or draughts.

CHECKERED

CHECKERED Check "ered, a.

1. Marked with alternate squares or checks of different color or material. Dancing in the checkered shade. Milton.

2. Diversified or variegated in a marked manner, as in appearance, character, circumstances, etc. This checkered narrative. Macaulay.

CHECKERS

Check "ers, n. pl. Etym: [See Checher, v.]

Defn: A game, called also daughts, played on a checkerboard by two persons, each having twelve men (counters or checkers ) which are moved diagonally. The game is ended when either of the players has lost all his men, or can not move them.

CHECKERWORK

CHECKERWORK Check "er *work `, n.

1. Work consisting of or showing checkers varied alternately as to colors or materials.

2. Any aggregate of varied vicissitudes. How strange a checkerwork of Providence is the life of man. De Foe.

New American Oxford Dictionary

checker

check er 1 |ˈCHekər ˈtʃɛkər | ▶noun 1 a person or thing that verifies or examines something: a spelling checker. 2 a cashier in a supermarket.

checker

check er 2 |ˈtʃɛkər ˈCHekər |(Brit. chequer ) ▶noun 1 (often checkers ) a pattern of squares, typically alternately colored: a geometric shape bordered by checkers | (as modifier checker ) : a checker design. 2 ( checkers ) [ treated as sing. ] a game for two players, with twelve pieces each, played on a checkerboard. • ( checker ) a round flat piece, usually red or black, used to play checkers. ORIGIN Middle English: from exchequer. The original sense ‘chessboard ’ gave rise to checkered meaning ‘marked like a chessboard ’; hence sense 1 (early 16th cent ).

Checker, Chubby

Check er, Chubby |ˈCHekər ˌtʃɛkər | (1941 –), US singer; born Ernest Evans. He popularized dance crazes such as “The Twist ” (1960 ).

checkerberry

check er ber ry |ˈCHekərˌberē ˈtʃɛkərˌbɛri | ▶noun ( pl. checkerberries ) a creeping evergreen North American shrub of the heath family, with spiny scented leaves and waxy white flowers. Also called wintergreen. [Gaultheria procumbens, family Ericaceae. ] • the edible red fruit of this plant. ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from checkers or chequers ‘berries of the service tree ’ (so named from their color ) + berry .

checkerboard

check er board |ˈCHekərˌbôrd ˈtʃɛkərˌbɔ (ə )rd | ▶noun a board for playing checkers and certain other games, with a regular pattern of squares in alternating colors, typically black and white. • a pattern resembling such a board.

checkered

check ered |ˈCHekərd ˈtʃɛkərd | ▶adjective having a pattern of alternating squares of different colors. • marked by periods of varied fortune or discreditable incidents: his checkered past might hurt his electability.

checkered flag

check ered flag ▶noun Auto Racing a flag with a black-and-white checkered pattern, displayed to drivers as they finish a race. PHRASES take the checkered flag finish first in a race: Unser took the checkered flag four times this spring.

checkerspot

check er spot |ˈCHekərˌspät ˈtʃɛkərspɑt | ▶noun a North American butterfly with pale markings on the wings that typically form a checkered pattern. [Euphydryas and other genera, subfamily Melitaeinae, family Nymphalidae: several species, in particular the Baltimore checkerspot (E. phaeton ).]

Oxford Dictionary

checker

checker 1 |ˈtʃɛkə | ▶noun 1 a person or thing that verifies or examines something: a spelling and grammar checker. 2 US a cashier in a supermarket.

checker

checker 2 |ˈtʃɛkə | ▶noun & verb US spelling of chequer.

Checker, Chubby

Check er, Chubby |ˈCHekər ˌtʃɛkər | (1941 –), US singer; born Ernest Evans. He popularized dance crazes such as “The Twist ” (1960 ).

checkerberry

checker |berry |ˈtʃɛkəbɛri | ▶noun ( pl. checkerberries ) a creeping evergreen North American shrub of the heather family, with spiny scented leaves and waxy white flowers. Also called wintergreen. ●Gaultheria procumbens, family Ericaceae. • the edible red fruit of the checkerberry plant. ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from checkers or chequers ‘berries of the service tree ’ (so named from their colour ) + berry .

checkerboard

checker |board ▶noun US spelling of chequerboard.

checkered

check |ered ▶adjective US spelling of chequered.

checkerspot

checker |spot ▶noun a North American butterfly that resembles a fritillary, with pale markings on the wings that typically form a chequered pattern. ●Euphydryas and other genera, subfamily Melitaeinae, family Nymphalidae.

American Oxford Thesaurus

checkered

checkered adjective 1 a checkered tablecloth: checked, plaid, tartan, multicolored, many-colored. 2 a checkered history: varied, mixed, up and down, full of ups and downs, vicissitudinous; unstable, irregular, erratic, inconstant.

Duden Dictionary

Checker

Che cker Substantiv, maskulin , der |Ch e cker ˈt͜ʃɛkɐ |der Checker; Genitiv: des Checkers, Plural: die Checker 1 englisch checker Technik Kontrolleur, Prüfer 2 salopp jemand, der etwas checkt 3

Checkerin

Che cke rin Substantiv, feminin , die |Ch e ckerin |die Checkerin; Genitiv: der Checkerin, Plural: die Checkerinnen weibliche Form zu Checker

French Dictionary

checker

checker FORME FAUTIVE Anglicisme pour contrôler, observer, regarder, vérifier.

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

checker

ch é ck er 1 名詞 C 1 ｟米｠スーパーマーケットのレジ係 (cashier 1 ).2 検査する人 [もの ]▸ a spell [grammar ] checker 〘コンピュ〙スペル [文法 ]チェッカー .

checker

check er 2 名詞 C 1 ｟米｠〖～s; 単数扱い〗チェッカー (draughts, ｟英｠chequers ) 〘2人で各々の12のこまを取り合うボードゲーム〙.2 チェッカーのこま .3 (交互に配色された )格子じま模様 .動詞他動詞 1 …を格子じま模様にする .2 …の色 [性質 ]を多様化させる .

checkerboard

ch é cker b ò ard ｟米｠名詞 C チェッカー盤 (｟英｠chessboard, ｟英｠draughtboard ) 〘64個の白黒交互の正方ますからなる〙.形容詞〖～ pattern 〗格子じま (模様 )の .動詞他動詞 …を格子じま模様にする [並べる ].

checkered

ch é ck ered 形容詞〖通例名詞の前で〗1 波乱に富んだ〈歴史人生など〉.2 (多彩な )正方形を並べた .3 多彩な (変化を起こす ).～̀ fl á g チェッカーフラッグ .～̀ p á st 波乱万丈の過去 .