'Checkers' definitions:

Definition of 'checkers'

(from WordNet)
noun
A checkerboard game for two players who each have 12 pieces; the object is to jump over and so capture the opponent's pieces [syn: checkers, draughts]

Definition of 'Checkers'

From: GCIDE
  • Checkers \Check"ers\ (ch[e^]k"[~e]rz), n. pl. [See Checher, v.] A game, called also draughts, played on a checkerboard by two persons, each having twelve men (counters or checkers) which are moved diagonally. The game is ended when either of the players has lost all his men, or can not move them. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'checkers'

From: GCIDE
  • Draughts \Draughts\, n. pl. A game, now more commonly called checkers. See Checkers. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: Polish draughts is sometimes played with 40 pieces on a board divided into 100 squares. --Am. Cyc. [1913 Webster]