Checkers

Origin

From Old French eschequier ("chessboard").

Full definition of checkers

Noun

1. (board games, US, Canada, in the singular) A game for two players played on a chessboard; the players have 12 pieces each, and the object is to capture all the opponent’s pieces by jumping over them. Other European varieties have larger boards and more playing pieces.
2. Plural of checker
3. (board games, US, Canada, in the plural) the playing pieces in the game of checkers.

Synonyms

• draughts (UK)

Verb

1. checkers

   (third-person singular of checker)

Anagrams

• rechecks