Chinese checkers

noun

plural in form but singular or plural in construction

: a game in which each player seeks to be the first to transfer a set of marbles from a home point to the opposite point of a pitted 6-pointed star by single moves or jumps

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web

The freighter hit bad weather and lost 109 shipping containers of urinal mats, Chinese checkers, hair wax, refrigerators, inflatable toys, bike helmets and bottles of baby oil—plus the Yeti cache. —John Clarke, WSJ, 2 Dec. 2022

This beautiful Chinese checkers game set should be on-hand in every home. —Ysolt Usigan, Woman's Day, 16 Aug. 2022

In early 2020, Rainville was grumbling to his staff about the surplus of Chinese checkers sets gathering dust in inventory. —Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2021

Word History

First Known Use

1840, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

Chinese checkers

noun

: a game in which each player seeks to be the first to transfer a set of marbles from a home point to the opposite point of a 6-pointed star by means of single moves and jumps