ALL meanings of checkered
check·ered
C c - adjective checkered having a pattern of squares 3
- adjective checkered varied by the use of color and shading 3
- adjective checkered marked by diversified features or by varied events, some unpleasant 3
- adjective checkered pattern: checked 1
- adjective checkered past: varied, questionable 1
- adjective checkered marked by numerous and various shifts or changes; variegated: a checkered career. 1
- adjective checkered marked by dubious episodes; suspect in character or quality: a checkered past. 1
- adjective checkered marked with squares: a checkered fabric. 1
- adjective checkered diversified in color; alternately light and shadowed: the checkered shade beneath trees. 1
- noun checkered a small, usually red or black disk of plastic or wood, used in playing checkers. 1
- noun checkered checkers. Also called, British, draughts. (used with a singular verb) a game played by two persons, each with 12 playing pieces, on a checkerboard. (in a regenerative furnace) loosely stacked brickwork through which furnace gases and incoming air are passed in turn, so that the heat of the exhaust is absorbed and later transferred to the incoming air. 1
- noun checkered a checkered pattern. 1
- noun checkered one of the squares of a checkered pattern. 1
- verb with object checkered to mark like a checkerboard. 1
- verb with object checkered to diversify in color; variegate. 1
- verb with object checkered to diversify in character; subject to alternations: Sorrow and joy have checkered his life. 1
- noun checkered Having a pattern of alternating squares of different colors. 1
- verb checkered simple past tense and past participle of checker. 0
- adjective checkered Divided into squares, or into light and dark patches. 0
- adjective checkered Changeable; inconsistent; having variations or uncertainty. 0