checker

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a flat round piece used in checkers, draughts, backgammon, and some other board games

   His last checker was trapped in the corner of the board.

2. 2
   noun

   a person, device, or program that checks correctness, safety, or compliance

   The spelling checker flagged the unfamiliar surname as a possible error.

3. 3
   noun

   US: a cashier who totals purchases and receives payment at a checkout

   The checker scanned the groceries and packed them into two bags.

4. 4
   verb

   to mark or variegate with alternating squares, colors, or patches

   Sunlight and shadow checker the forest floor beneath the leaves.

Common collocations

• spelling checker Noun + noun

The game-piece and patterned senses descend from Middle English cheker, 'chessboard,' an aphetic form of Anglo-Norman escheker; they belong to the same chess-derived family as check. The verifier and cashier senses are later transparent formations from the verb check + -er, 'one or something that checks.'

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