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Definition of Chinese checkers
1. Noun. A board game in which each player tries to move a set of marbles through a set of holes from one point of a six-pointed star to the opposite point.
Definition of Chinese checkers
1. Noun. A board game played by two to six people, in which players aim to move their own pieces to the corner opposite their starting position by single moves or jumps over other pieces. ¹
2. Noun. (alternative form of Chinese checkers) ¹
3. Noun. (alternative form of Chinese checkers) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chinese Checkers
Literary usage of Chinese checkers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Death by Default: a policy of fatal neglict in China's State Orphanages by Robin Munro, Jeff Rigsby, Human Rights Watch/Asia (1996)
"... ("Chinese checkers"). One of the largest commercial operations at the orphanage,
however, consisted of wrapping Chinese-made bicycles, including the ..."
2. Montreal by Ulysses Travel Guides Staff (2004)
"... from three-dimensional puzzles, Chinese checkers and chess sets to a variety
of parlour games. Travel Accessories Jet-Setter 66 ave. Laurier 0. ..."
3. A Life of Books: The Story of D.W. Thorpe Pty. Ltd., 1921-1987 by Daniel Wrixon Thorpe, Joyce Nicholson (2000)
"'Chinese checkers' followed 'Monopoly' as another craze, and new magazines became
a regular subject. High class stationery continued in its popularity, ..."
4. What Makes Industries Strategic: A Perspective on Technology, Economic by Martin C. Libicki (1996)
"... a game of Chinese checkers, whose point is to capture enough links and nodes
to clear a path to the goal while denying opponents access. ..."
5. Quebec by Francois Remillard (2003)
"... from three- dimensional puzzles, Chinese checkers and chess sets to a variety
of parlour games. jewellery Stores Dirks 1240 Square Phillips T397-2511 A ..."
6. As I Remember: Memoirs of a Grandfather to His Grandchildren / by Stuart by Triebner, Stuart Alexander, 1920- (2004)
"... Board and used checkerboard buttons to play on it, we also had Snakes and
Ladders, and a Chinese checkers board with marbles. ..."
7. Claudine the Circus Woman by Timothy J. Quinlan (2000)
"It was just like chess or Chinese checkers, you never see the game-losing move
until after you've made it. "So, you weren't at all upset that your wife was ..."
8. Slipstream Stories, Return to the Source by Sonny Spots (2007)
"Nathalie taught me to play a French tarot card game and we played Chinese checkers
with one of the other girls. We would talk for a while and then return to ..."
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