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chocker
English
Alternative forms
- chockers
Etymology
Shortened from chock-a-block.
Adjective
chocker (comparative more chocker, superlative most chocker)
- (informal) Tightly packed, especially with people.
- 1947, Charles Brasch, Landfall, Caxton Press, Page 492
- The place was absolutely packed. It was chocker.
- 2001, Brian Thacker, Rule No.5 - No Sex on the Bus: Confessions of a tour leader, Allen & Unwin, Page 143
- The largest of these service chains in Italy is Agip, and these mini-cities in the middle of nowhere are always absolutely chocker with people. Half of Italy must be in these places at any one time.
- 2003, Phillip Scott, Gay Resort Murder Shock, Alyson Publishing, Page 155
- He briskly flicked through the catalogue. "And this seemingly innocent museum is chocker with old airplane parts!"
- 2005, Rachael Weiss and Julie Adams, Are We There Yet?: Rach and Jules take to the open road, Allen & Unwin, Page 209
- Australia is chocker with beaches strait from paradise, and Terrigal is a beach holiday mecca? I'm gobsmacked.
- 1947, Charles Brasch, Landfall, Caxton Press, Page 492
Swedish
Noun
chocker
- indefinite plural of chock
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checker
English
Alternative forms
- chequer (in certain senses only)
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?t??k?/
- (US) IPA(key): /?t??k?/
- Rhymes: -?k?(r)
Etymology 1
check +? -er
Noun
checker (plural checkers)
- One who checks or verifies something.
- One who makes a check mark.
- 1989, M. Manfred Fabritius, William Borges, Saving the Savings and Loan
- "Essentially," said a senior vice president of the FHLBB of Dallas, "we were checkers of boxes."
- 1989, M. Manfred Fabritius, William Borges, Saving the Savings and Loan
- 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.
- 1980, Stephen King, The Mist
- 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.
- One who hinders or stops something.
Translations
Etymology 2
Aphetic from Anglo-Norman escheker (“chessboard”), from Medieval Latin scaccarium, thus ultimately morpheme-for-morpheme cognate to etymology 1.
Noun
checker (plural checkers)
- A playing piece in the game of checkers (British: draughts).
- A pattern of alternating colours as on a chessboard.
Derived terms
- checkerboard
Related terms
- exchequer
Translations
Verb
checker (third-person singular simple present checkers, present participle checkering, simple past and past participle checkered)
- (transitive) To mark in a pattern of alternating light and dark positions, like a checkerboard.
- (intransitive) To develop markings in a pattern of alternating light and dark positions, like a checkerboard.
Etymology 3
Alteration of chequer.
Noun
checker (plural checkers)
- The fruit of the wild service tree or chequer tree, Photinia villosa, syn. Sorbus terminalis
Usage notes
- Almost always spelled chequer, because the tree itself is native to areas where that spelling is used, and is pretty much unknown in areas that use the other spelling.
Derived terms
- checkerberry
Anagrams
- recheck
French
Etymology
From English to check.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t??.ke/
Verb
checker
- to check, verify
- (reflexive, reciprocal, slang) to bump fists
Conjugation
Synonyms
- vérifier
- regarder
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