noun
checkers
CHEK-erz/ˈtʃekərz/
A board game of moving and capturing round pieces on alternating colored squares.
The checkers board has alternating squares and round pieces on the dark ones.
Etymology
Checker originally named a chessboard or a similar playing board. Its plural became the name of this game because of the board on which it is played.
In context
Sometimes they played checkers fiercely and silently the whole night through.
More examples
- They played checkers after dinner.
- She learned checkers from her uncle.
- The club held a checkers tournament.
Forms
checkers
Similar words
- chess
- A different board game with pieces having different movements.
- draughts
- The British name for checkers and related variants.