checker
/ˈtʃɛkə/US/ˈt͡ʃɛkɚ/
checker noun: one who or that which checks or verifies something.
Noun (1)
checker (plural checkers)
- One who or that which checks or verifies something.
- So, keep in mind that Microsoft Word’s Spelling tool is as much a “typo” tool as a checker of spelling.1992, Neil J. Salkind, Applying Macintosh: Solutions, Ideas, and Tools, Macmillan Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 205
- One who makes a check mark.
- "Essentially," said a senior vice president of the FHLBB of Dallas, "we were checkers of boxes."1989, M. Manfred Fabritius, William Borges, Saving the Savings and Loan
- 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.
- Bud Brown said something to the checker he was supervising; she had been craning around to see what was happening. She flushed and began to run her calculator again.1980, Stephen King, The Mist, Viking Press
- One who hinders or stops something.
Noun (2)
checker (plural checkers)
- A playing piece in the game of checkers (British: draughts), or certain other table games such as backgammon.
- A pattern of alternating colours as on a chessboard.
- An individual square appearing in such a pattern.
Verb
checker (third-person singular simple present checkers, present participle checkering, simple past and past participle checkered)
- To mark in a pattern of alternating light and dark positions, like a checkerboard.
- On the other hand, who ever tires of the names of Oldfield, and Bracegirdle, and Woffington? All the flutters of the fans of two centuries, and all the solid merits of bodices and petticoats, come down to us in their names; chequering Covent Garden like chintz, and bringing along with them the...1847, Leight Hunt, Men, Women and Books a Selection of Sketches, Essays, and Critical Memoirs from His Uncollected Prose Writing by Leigh Hunt, page 288
- To develop markings in a pattern of alternating light and dark positions, like a checkerboard.
Noun (3)
checker (plural checkers)
- The fruit of the wild service tree or chequer tree, Photinia villosa, syn. Sorbus terminalis
checker meaning in Marathi, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
checker in Marathi
- चेकर
checker in Urdu
- چیکر, چیک کرنے والا
checker in Bengali
- চেকারবোর্ডের ঘর, বিন্যাস
checker in Telugu
- చెకర్
More languagesFewer languages
- checker in Malayalam
- ചെക്കർ
- checker in Kannada
- ಚೆಕರ್, ಚೆಕ್ಕರ್
- checker in Punjabi
- ਚੈਕਰ, ਚੈੱਕਰ
- checker in Gujarati
- ચેકર, તપાસનાર
- checker in Odia
- ଯାଞ୍ଚକାରୀ, ଚେକର୍, ଚେକର
- checker in Nepali
- चेकर, जाँचक, चेकरमा
Examples of checker in a sentence
- “Crown me!” I said, as I moved my checker to the back row.
- The entire machine slowed down during the execution of the virus checker.
- The student manually corrected several errors missed by the spell checker.
Forms of checker
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | checkers |
| alternative UK | chequer |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | checkers |
| present participle | checkering |
| past participle | checkered |
| past | checkered |
Origin of checker
From check + -er.
From Middle English cheker, aphetic from Anglo-Norman escheker (“chessboard”), from Latin scaccarium, thus ultimately morpheme-for-morpheme cognate to etymology 1.
Alteration of chequer.
Words formed from checker
Phrases with checker
Words that rhyme with checker
Questions about checker
- What does checker mean?
- Checker means one who or that which checks or verifies something.
- What is checker in Marathi?
- Checker in Marathi is चेकर. See Checker meaning in Marathi.
- What part of speech is checker?
- Checker can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce checker?
- Checker is pronounced /ˈtʃɛkə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of checker?
- The plural of checker is checkers.
Words near checker in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: checker (page history and authors); checker (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); checker (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); checker (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); checker (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); checker (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); checker (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); checker (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); checker (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); checker (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); checker (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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