Definition of Chukker

1. Noun. (polo) one of six divisions into which a polo match is divided.

Exact synonyms: Chukka
Category relationships: Polo
Generic synonyms: Division, Part, Section
Group relationships: Period Of Play, Play, Playing Period

Definition of Chukker

1. Noun. One of the six playing periods, each of 7½ minutes, of a game of polo ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Chukker

1. a period of play in polo [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chukker

chuggable
chugged
chugger
chuggers
chugging
chuggingly
chugs
chuiwan
chukar
chukars
chukka
chukka boot
chukkar
chukkars
chukkas
chukker (current term)
chukker-brown
chukkers
chukor
chukors
chulan
chulengo
chulent
chulents
chullo
chullos
chum
chum salmon
chum up
chuman

Literary usage of Chukker

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Fores's Sporting Notes & Sketches. a Quarterly Magazine Descriptive of (1903)
"At last the bell rings and the chukker is ended; I've been hit on the fetlock, the knee, and the head; Mermaid's puffing and blowing, her nostrils distended ..."

2. Pieces of Hate and Other Enthusiasms by Heywood Broun (1922)
""Although knocked senseless in the opening chukker, he finished the match and no one realized his predicament until he confessed to his team mates in the ..."

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