checker

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   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.
2. 2

   One who makes a check mark.

   • "Essentially," said a senior vice president of the FHLBB of Dallas, "we were checkers of boxes."
3. 3

   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.
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   1. 4

      One who hinders or stops something.

   2. 5

      A playing piece in the game of checkers (British

      A playing piece in the game of checkers (British: draughts), or certain other table games such as backgammon.

   3. 6

      A pattern of alternating colours as on a chessboard.

   4. 7

      An individual square appearing in such a pattern.

   5. 8

      To mark in a pattern of alternating light and dark positions, like a checkerboard.

   6. 9

      To develop markings in a pattern of alternating light and dark positions, like a…

      To develop markings in a pattern of alternating light and dark positions, like a checkerboard.

   7. 10

      The fruit of the wild service tree or chequer tree, Photinia villosa, syn. Sorbus…

      The fruit of the wild service tree or chequer tree, Photinia villosa, syn. Sorbus terminalis

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