Found 2 items, similar to Checkered.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: checkered checkered adj 1: patterned with alternating squares of color [syn: checked, chequered] 2: marked by changeable fortune; “a checkered business career”
English → English (gcide) Definition: Checkered Checkered \Check"ered\ (ch[e^]k"[~e]rd), a. 1. Marked with alternate squares or checks of different color or material. [1913 Webster] Dancing in the checkered shade. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Diversified or variegated in a marked manner, as in appearance, character, circumstances, etc.; as, a character with a checkered past [1913 Webster] This checkered narrative. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] Checker \Check"er\ (ch[e^]k"[~e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Checkered (ch[e^]k"[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Checkering.] [From OF. eschequier a chessboard, F. ['e]chiquier. See Check, n., and cf. 3d Checker.] 1. To mark with small squares like a checkerboard, as by crossing stripes of different colors. [1913 Webster] 2. To variegate or diversify with different qualities, colors, scenes, or events; esp., to subject to frequent alternations of prosperity and adversity. [1913 Webster] Our minds are, as it were, checkered with truth and falsehood. --Addison. [1913 Webster]