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checkered flag

checkered flag is the alternative spelling of chequered flag.

Meaning of chequered flag

Noun

chequered flag (plural chequered flags)

  1. A black-and-white chequered flag which signifies the end of a race.
  2. A victory in a race.
    • Come this October when Kelly lines up for his 19th appearance in the Bathurst 1000 he will again be hunting for that chequered flag, but before he even does his first warm up lap he will share a unique moment with his fans. […] As well as the livery Perkins had when claiming three chequered flags...2019 August 28, Anya Whitelaw, “Rick Kelly's fans can vote on the livery he will use in the Bathurst 1000”, in Western Advocate, archived from the original on 13 May 2026

Forms of checkered flag

pluralcheckered flags

Questions about checkered flag

What is checkered flag the alternative spelling of?
Checkered flag is the alternative spelling of chequered flag.

Words near checkered flag in the dictionary

  1. checkerboarded
  2. checkerboardedness
  3. checkerboarding
  4. checkerboards
  5. checkered
  6. checkered flag
  7. checkered flags
  8. checkering
  9. checkerings
  10. checkerist
  11. checkerists

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Adapted from Wiktionary: checkered flag (page history and authors); chequered flag (page history and authors). 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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