checker

Definition

  • noun: a person in a store whose job is to add up the cost of customers' purchases and take payment for them
  • noun: a square or spot resembling the markings of a 'checkerboard'
  • synonyms: alter, ameliorate, band

Examples

  • a 'fact checker' [=a person whose job is to make sure that the facts in a book, magazine, etc., are correct]

  • The word processing software includes a 'grammar checker'. [=a feature that finds grammatical errors]

  • She is a careful 'checker' of details.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) - Need a hyperdrive? - No way. - Babe! - I knew it! I knew that. Those guys were so lame. All they did was play space checkers. Plus, it turns out the hairy one's a dude. And the metal one too. All dudes. But won't they notice their (..)
    2014 The Lego Movie