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  • checkers — n. board game (played by two people) check·er || tʃekÉ™ n. one of the squares of a checkered pattern; piece used in checkers (board game); one who checks, inspector, examiner v. diversify with color, variegate; mark like a checkerboard …   English contemporary dictionary

  • Checkers (disambiguation) — Checkers (or chequers) may refer to: Draughts, the board game called checkers in American English. The most popular variants of this group of board games are American checkers, also called English draughts, and International draughts. Other board …   Wikipedia

  • Checkers chess — is a chess variant proposed by Hans Multhopp in 1974 in which pieces cannot move backwards until they have reached the far side of the board. Another game by the same name was proposed by V.R. Parton (Pritchard 2007:51) .External links*… …   Wikipedia

  • checkers — (n.) U.S. name for the game known in Britain as DRAUGHTS (Cf. draughts), 1712, from plural of CHECKER (Cf. checker) (q.v.). So called for the board on which the game is played …   Etymology dictionary

  • board game — noun a game played on a specially designed board • Members of this Topic: ↑promote • Hypernyms: ↑parlor game, ↑parlour game • Hyponyms: ↑Scrabble, ↑backgammon, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Checkers — the name of a dog that belonged to Richard Nixon. Nixon was accused of accepting money illegally when he was a candidate for Vice president in 1952. He made an emotional speech on television and said the only gift he had accepted was his dog.… …   Universalium

  • Board game — A board game is a game in which counters or pieces that are placed on, removed from, or moved across a board (a premarked surface usually specific to that game). As do other form of entertainment, board games can represent nearly any subject.… …   Wikipedia

  • checkers — Draughts Draughts, n. pl. A game, now more commonly called {checkers}. See {Checkers}. [1913 Webster] Note: {Polish draughts} is sometimes played with 40 pieces on a board divided into 100 squares. Am. Cyc. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • board game — 1. a game, as checkers or chess, requiring the moving of pieces from one section of a board to another. 2. any game played on a board. [1930 35] * * * …   Universalium

  • board game — noun Date: 1889 a game of strategy (as checkers, chess, or backgammon) played by moving pieces on a board …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • checkers — noun a checkerboard game for two players who each have 12 pieces; the object is to jump over and so capture the opponent s pieces • Syn: ↑draughts • Members of this Topic: ↑black, ↑checker, ↑chequer, ↑king, ↑white …   Useful english dictionary

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