checkering

verb

present participle of checker
as in striping

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for checkering
  1. striping
  2. streaking
  3. flecking
  4. marbling
  5. speckling
  6. specking
  7. dappling
  8. daubing
Verb
  • Last month, the city approved a contract for on-call signage and striping contractor services for up to $900,000 in projects, according to City Council documents.
    — Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Construction will occur mostly in Grand Prairie and will add a 12-foot wide hike and bike trail, a pedestrian bridge, storm improvements, driveway replacements and striping along the street.
    — Maven Navarro, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of striping
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  • Bennett Konkey opened the season with a 100-yard kickoff return, followed it up with a 70-yard touchdown catch on his first offensive snap and later took a 49-yard screen pass streaking down the sideline for six more points.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026
  • But moments later, another camera at a drive-through caught the lights of the plane streaking through the night sky toward the ground at a sharp angle.
    — Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of streaking
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  • That’s squishing the spoonbills to new corners of Florida Bay, both to inland spots of the Everglades that used to be dry and have gone soggy and to some of the tiny mangrove islands flecking the bay.
    — Alex Harris July 8, Miami Herald, 8 July 2026
Definition of flecking
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  • The meat on the bones varies in thickness and, thanks to marbling and tough connective tissue, short ribs are ideal for slow cooking.
    — Robin Miller, AZCentral.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • To create marbling, run a table knife (or wooden skewer) through the batters in a swirling motion.
    — Martha Stewart, Martha Stewart, 20 June 2026
Definition of marbling
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  • Last month’s Salesman release deviated from the historic pair’s colorblocking ever so slightly with the midsole making greater use of red, but no such deviation is see on the sole of Awake’s (speckling excluded).
    — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 23 Feb. 2026
Definition of speckling
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  • Of course local photographer Geoff Baker was out and about in the storm as well, and his black-and-white shot of Main Street, with the snow specking the lens, is also memorable.
    — Janet Kusterer, Baltimore Sun, 8 Feb. 2026
Definition of specking
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  • With the light dappling down from a sunroof, my dress was presented in all her glory.
    — Alexandra Macon, Vogue, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Gaze out the viewing window to forest views, and wake up to sunlight dappling the geometric ceiling.
    — Julia Sayers Gokhale, Midwest Living, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of dappling
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  • But there is a distinction, Kutwala said, between flying flags from one’s own property and daubing paint across the town.
    — Olivia Kemp, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2025
Definition of daubing
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“Checkering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/checkering. Accessed 27 Aug. 2026.

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