Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chinese checkers

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.09 in modern English

Syllables: chi-ne-se check-ers
IPA

31

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A board game played by two to six people, in which players aim to move their own pieces to the corner opposite their starting position by single moves or jumps over other pieces.

American usage; Uncountable

noun

Alternative form of Chinese checkers.

Uncountable

noun

Alternative form of Chinese checkers.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"This is no longer a clue. It's a game. You may have just gotten checkmate, but we're playing Chinese checkers, and as my old friend Confucius say; the hunter has become the hunter-ed. The chaser has become the chosed. Dame Fortuna has had her franking privileges revoked. It seems the portrait has painted the artist, sketching the reverser, who has become the reverse-ed. But this time the suffixed will become the sufferer, and it appears the baby killer is about to kill a baby."

Usage

American usage
Uncountable

Inflected Forms

Chinese chequers (alternative, UK)

Synonyms

chinese chequers

Questions

What does chinese checkers mean?: A board game played by two to six people, in which players aim to move their own pieces to the corner opposite their starting position by single moves or jumps over other pieces.

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