Associations to the word «Checkered»

Wiktionary

CHECKERED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of checker
CHECKERED, adjective. Divided into squares, or into light and dark patches.
CHECKERED, adjective. Changeable; inconsistent; having variations or uncertainty.
CHECKERED FLAG, noun. Alternative spelling of chequered flag

Dictionary definition

CHECKERED, adjective. Patterned with alternating squares of color.
CHECKERED, adjective. Marked by changeable fortune; "a checkered business career".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats