Meaning

2 senses
  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, uncountable)A board game for two players in which the players each have a set number of pieces (typically 12 or 20, depending on the rule set), known as men, and the object is to capture each of the opponent's pieces by jumping one's own pieces over the opponent's pieces.

    Dame, Damespiel

    ша́шкиšáški

    ша́шкиšášky

    a checkerboard game for two players who each have 12 pieces; the object is to jump over and so capture the opponent's pieces

  2. (uncountable)A mild vesicatory.

Translations

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Synonyms

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Close in meaning
  • a checkerboard game for two players who each have 12 pieces; the object is to jump over and so capture the opponent's pieces:checkers

Word family

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