checkers

/ˈtʃɛkərz/
noun
  1. A board game for two players, played on an 8x8 board with 12 pieces each, where players move pieces diagonally and capture opponent's pieces by jumping over them.
    • The park has outdoor tables with checkerboards painted on them for playing checkers.
    • My grandfather taught me how to play checkers when I was six years old.
    • She won three games of checkers in a row against her brother.
  2. The playing pieces used in the game of checkers.
    • He carefully stacked the checkers back into the box after the game.
    • The red checkers were all on one side of the board, and the black ones on the other.
    • I need to buy a new set of checkers because I lost a few pieces.
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