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checker

14 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) checker (noun)
  2. 2) checker (verb)
  3. 3) checker (noun)
  4. checkerman (noun)
  5. chequer
  6. checker-brick (noun)
  7. checker roll (noun)
  8. checker-up (noun)
  9. body checker (noun)
  10. car checker (noun)
  11. spell-checker (noun)
  12. spelling checker (noun)
  13. back-check (verb)
  14. fact-check (verb)

1check·er

noun \ˈche-kər\

Definition of CHECKER

1
archaic : chessboard
2
: a square or spot resembling the markings of a checkerboard
3
[singular of checkers] : a piece in checkers

Origin of CHECKER

Middle English cheker, from Anglo-French checker, escheker, from eschec — more at check
First Known Use: 14th century

Rhymes with CHECKER

Becker, decker, pecker, trekker, wrecker

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