checkers

noun

A game for two players played on a chessboard; the players have 12 pieces each, and the object is to capture all the opponent’s pieces by jumping over them. Other European varieties have larger boards and more playing pieces.

Example sentences

“She's playing chess while everyone else is playing checkers.”
Tatoeba · hecko2 · CC0

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This definition is adapted from “checkers” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.