| NOUN | act | checkers, draughts | a checkerboard game / game for two players who each have 12 pieces |
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| Sounds | cheh'kerz | |
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| Rhymes | acres ... years: 69 rhymes with erz... | |
| Meaning | A checkerboard game / game for two players who each have 12 pieces; the object is to jump over and so capture the opponent's pieces. | |
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| Synonym | draughts | |
| Category of | black | (board games) the darker pieces |
| checker, chequer | One of the flat round pieces used in playing the game of checkers | |
| king | A checker that has been moved to the opponent's first row where it is promoted to a piece that is free to move either forward or backward | |
| white | (board games) the lighter pieces | |
| Parts | checkerboard, checker board | A board having 64 squares of two alternating colors |
| Broader | board game | A game played on a specially designed board |
| Spanish | corrientes de aire, dama, damas | |
| Catalan | dames | |
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