American English pronunciation

How to pronounce checkered

IPA transcription: ['tʃɛkɚd]

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Verb

  • mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on

  • variegate with different colors, shades, or patterns

Adjective

  • patterned with alternating squares of color

  • marked by changeable fortune

    “a checkered business career”

Usage examples

  • Grips are glass-filled nylon and checkered.
  • Black man in checkered shirt is playing saxophone outside.
  • Ventrally, it is spotted or checkered with dark brown or black.
  • The Mid-Missouri franchise has had a checkered history in the Frontier League.
  • A girl in a pink checkered coat walks down a hallway followed by another younger girl.
  • people are dancing on a checkered platform while people are watching
  • These are burrowing snakes and all have checkered black-and-white bellies.