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checky

checky is the alternative form of chequy.

Meaning of chequy

Adjective

chequy (not comparable)

  1. Chequered; divided into small squares (chequers) by transverse vertical and horizontal lines.
    • Sometimes the Princess was seen conferring spiritedly with the Spongiatosta security details posted about the streets nearby, whose livery bore the ancient family arms, a sponge couchant on a field chequy with flames at the foot.2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 821

Words that rhyme with checky

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Questions about checky

What is checky the alternative form of?
Checky is the alternative form of chequy.

Words near checky in the dictionary

  1. checkweighmen
  2. checkweighs
  3. checkwork
  4. checkwriter
  5. checkwriters
  6. checky
  7. Checo
  8. Checos
  9. checquy
  10. CHED
  11. Chedambram

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Adapted from Wiktionary: checky (page history and authors); chequy (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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