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chukker en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈt͡ʃʌ.kɚ/ (US)
  • /ˈtʃʌ.kə/ (UK)

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi चक्कर (cakkar), from Sanskrit चक्र (cakra). Doublet of chakra, chakram, charkha, cycle, cyclus, kike, and wheel.

Meanings

  1. Any of the six playing periods, each 7½ minutes long, of a game of polo.
    • ‘Let's have another chukker.’ 1924, EM Forster, A Passage to India, Penguin, published 2005, page 52:

Forms

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chukkar alternative lexicographic
chucker alternative lexicographic
chukka alternative lexicographic
chukkers Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (1)

fi erä (playing period in polo)