CHECKER

checker

Noun

  1. One who checks something.
  2. The clerk who tallies cost of purchases and accepts payment.
    ''There was a long line at the grocery store because the checker was so slow.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. A playing piece in the game of checkers (British: draughts).

Noun (etymology 3)

  1. The fruit of the wild service tree or chequer tree,

Verb

  1. To mark in a pattern of alternating light and dark spots, like a checkerboard.
  2. To develop markings in a pattern of alternating light and dark spots, like a checkerboard.


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