Meaning

noun one of the flat round pieces used in playing the game of checkers

verb mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on

verb variegate with different colors, shades, or patterns

originSee checker. (fruit): Apparently in allusion to the chequered or spotted appearance of the fruit. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, “the surmises that chequer may be a corruption of choker, and that ‘choker’ may once have been the name, are gratuitous.”

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