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bechecker

bechecker verb: to cover or mark all over with checkers or a checkered pattern.

Verb

bechecker (third-person singular simple present becheckers, present participle becheckering, simple past and past participle becheckered)

  1. (transitive) To cover or mark all over with checkers or a checkered pattern
    • For here, alternate changes bechecker each scene,
      In which mortals their path have to tread; […]1842, Universalist Union, volume 7, page 367
    • And sunshine and shadow bechecker the way; […]1899, The Harlequin, volume 1, page 136

Forms of bechecker

third-person singular presentbecheckers
present participlebecheckering
past participlebecheckered
pastbecheckered

Origin of bechecker

From be- (“about, all over”) + checker.

Questions about bechecker

What does bechecker mean?
Bechecker means to cover or mark all over with checkers or a checkered pattern.
What part of speech is bechecker?
Bechecker is a verb.
What is the past tense of bechecker?
The past tense of bechecker is becheckered.

Words near bechecker in the dictionary

  1. Bechdels
  2. becheat
  3. becheated
  4. becheating
  5. becheats
  6. bechecker
  7. becheckered
  8. becher
  9. Becherer
  10. bechererite
  11. Becherers

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