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Meanings of checker in English

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One of the flat round pieces used in playing the game of checkers.

Wikidata

Mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on.

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Examples for "check"
Examples for "check"
1
However the appeal process was a necessary check on power, he said.
Radio NZ
2
If travelling today, remember to check the current weather & road conditions.
Radio NZ
3
It said work is under way to check generators and power lines.
Radio NZ
4
Power Age communities have grown far beyond the check of individual experience.
The Tyranny Of Words
5
U.S. jobs data kept the U.S. stock market move in check, however.
Reuters

One who verifies.

Usage of checker in English
1
But manufacturer Whirlpool's model checker website has been blighted by technical difficulties.
BBC
2
The checker called James Brown's manager and ran some facts by him.
The new yorker
3
As a checker he was at least the master of other men.
Never-Fail Blake
4
This can be done on a checker board, as shown in Fig.
The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1: 700 Things for Boys to Do
5
Also, we get a spell-checker for web forms and an anti-phishing feature.
Wired
6
When the checker rang up his bill Randy looked at his watch.
Alas, Babylon
7
How those checker-paned windows bring back the picture of that village green!
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill
8
Campaigners said a Gaelic spell-checker could help reverse its slow decline.
Wired
9
And Ashley the fact checker was now fact checking every one of that.
The new yorker
10
I said, You're now going to be called by a checker.
The new yorker
11
Without these, the burden of proof moves from the speaker to the fact-checker.
The South African
12
Donegan declined, only to be blindsided much later by the fact checker's inquiry.
The Guardian
13
And he reaches down and pulls a leg out of the checker table.
Roads of Destiny
14
The checker explained that she was calling to check up on the writer.
The new yorker
15
And there was the checker-board if they wanted to play checkers or dominoes.
Georgina of the Rainbows
16
And, keep your virus checker and your browser up to date.
BBC
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United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
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