Dictionary Definition
checker
Noun
1 an attendant who checks coats or baggage
2 one who checks the correctness of
something
3 one of the flat round pieces used in playing
checkers
Verb
2 variegate with different colors, shades, or
patterns [syn: chequer]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛkə(r)
Noun
Translations
One who checks something
- Finnish: tarkastaja
The clerk who tallies cost of purchases and
accepts payment
- Finnish: kassa
A playing piece in the game of checkers
Derived terms
Extensive Definition
Checker may refer to:
- Checker Motors Corporation, an automotive industry subcontractor that was once the builder of the iconic Checker taxicab and the Superba and Marathon automobiles.
- Checker Taxi, a livery company (taxi service) founded by Morris Markin, that used Checker Taxi Cabs.
- Checker Records, a record label
- the action which produces checkering, a surface applied to wooden gunstocks to provide a non-slip grip (see Gunsmith).
See also
checker in German: Checker Cab
checker in Dutch: Checker
checker in Japanese: チェッカー・マラソン
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
alter,
ameliorate, band, bar, be changed, be converted into,
be renewed, bespangle,
bespeckle, bespot, blotch, bottom out, break, change, check, chop, chop and change, come about,
come around, come round, dapple, degenerate, deteriorate, deviate, diverge, diversify, dot, flake, fleck, flop, freckle, harlequin, haul around,
improve, iris, jibe, maculate, marble, marbleize, meliorate, mitigate, modulate, motley, mottle, mutate, pepper, polychrome, polychromize, rainbow, revive, shift, spangle, speck, speckle, splotch, spot, sprinkle, stigmatize, stipple, streak, striate, stripe, stud, swerve, tack, take a turn, tattoo, tessellate, turn, turn aside, turn into, turn
the corner, undergo a change, variegate, vary, veer, vein, warp, worsen