Associations to the word «Chequered»

Wiktionary

CHEQUERED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of chequer
CHEQUERED, adjective. (chiefly British) Alternative spelling of checkered
CHEQUERED FLAG, noun. (motor racing) A black-and-white chequered flag which signifies the end of a race.
CHEQUERED FLAG, noun. (motor racing) A victory in a race.
CHEQUERED FLAGS, noun. Plural of chequered flag
CHEQUERED SKIPPER, noun. A brown and orange chequered butterfly, Carterocephalus palaemon, of the family Hesperiidae
CHEQUERED SKIPPERS, noun. Plural of chequered skipper

Dictionary definition

CHEQUERED, adjective. Patterned with alternating squares of color.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope