checkers

Thân thiện

Two children play a game of checkers on a wooden board.

Definition

Noun: 1. A board game for two players: A game played on a checkerboard with 64 squares of alternating colors, where each player starts with 12 identical playing pieces (typically round discs). The primary objective is to capture all of the opponent's pieces by jumping over them. 2. The pieces used in this game: The set of 12 round discs used by each player in the game of checkers.

Usage

• The word "checkers" is used as a singular noun when referring to the game itself.
• It is used as a plural noun when referring to the playing pieces.

Examples

• Referring to the game:
  • They played a game of checkers every Sunday afternoon.
  • Do you know how to play checkers?
• Referring to the pieces:
  • He moved his black checkers diagonally across the board.
  • I need to find one of my red checkers; it fell on the floor.

Advanced Usage

• "King" or "King me": In checkers, when a piece reaches the farthest row on the opponent's side of the board, it is "crowned" or becomes a "king." A king, often marked by stacking a second checker on top, can move and jump both forward and backward.
  • When my checker reached the other side, I said, "King me!"
• "Jump": The primary method of capture, where a player's piece moves over an opponent's adjacent piece into a vacant square directly beyond it, removing the opponent's piece from the board.
  • If you can make a jump, you must take it.

Variants and Related Words

• Draughts (noun): The British English name for the game of checkers.
• Checkerboard (noun): The game board, typically with 64 squares in an 8x8 grid, used for playing checkers.
• King (noun/verb): As described above; a crowned piece with enhanced movement.

Synonyms

• Board game: (General category) A game played on a marked surface.
• Strategy game: (General category) A game where skillful planning is key to winning.

Related Phrases

• To play checkers: The standard phrase for engaging in the game.
  • My grandfather taught me to play checkers when I was young.
• A game of checkers: The standard phrase for a single instance of playing.
  • Let's have a game of checkers.

Học thuật

Noun

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

Từ đồng nghĩa

• draughts