checker
verb
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L314908 on Wikidata ↗noun
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L314909 on Wikidata ↗Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈtʃɛkə/ / /ˈt͡ʃɛkɚ/
noun
Etymology: Alteration of chequer.
- The fruit of the wild service tree or chequer tree, Photinia villosa, syn. Sorbus terminalis
verb
Etymology: From Middle English cheker, aphetic from Anglo-Norman escheker (“chessboard”), from Latin scaccarium, thus ultimately morpheme-for-morpheme cognate to etymology 1.
- To mark in a pattern of alternating light and dark positions, like a checkerboard.
- To develop markings in a pattern of alternating light and dark positions, like a checkerboard.