- chukker
- \ \ see CYCLE
Word origins - 2ed. J. Ayto. 2005.
chukker
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Chukker — may refer to: a period in polo type team sports a family name, as the real name of actress Emma Caulfield a regionally famous live music club in Tuscaloosa, Alabama that operated from 1956 to 2003. [1] References ^… … Wikipedia
chukker — period in a polo game, 1898, from Hindi chakkar, from Skt. cakra circle, wheel (see CHAKRA (Cf. chakra)) … Etymology dictionary
chukker — [chuk′ər] n. [Hindi chakar < Sans cakra, wheel: for IE base see WHEEL] any of the periods of play, each lasting 7 or 71/ 2 minutes, into which a polo match is divided: also sp. chukkar … English World dictionary
Chukker — Polo Polo Polo ist eine Mannschaftssportart, bei der die auf Pferden reitenden vier Spieler pro Team einen sieben bis acht Zentimeter großen, 130 Gramm schweren Ball mit einem langen Hol … Deutsch Wikipedia
Chukker — Chuk|ker [ tʃa...] das; s, s <aus gleichbed. engl. chukker, eigtl. »Rad, Zirkel«, dies über Hindustani chakar, chakkar aus sanskr. cakrá> einzelner Abschnitt beim Pferdepolo … Das große Fremdwörterbuch
chukker — also chukka noun Etymology: Hindi cakkar & Urdu chakkar circular course, from Sanskrit cakra wheel, circle more at wheel Date: 1898 a playing period of a polo game … New Collegiate Dictionary
chukker — /chuk euhr/, n. Polo. one of the periods of play. Also, chukkar. [1895 1900; < Hindi chakkar < Skt cakra WHEEL] * * * … Universalium
chukker — noun One of the six playing periods, each of 7½ minutes, of a game of polo Syn: chukka … Wiktionary
chukker — see CYCLE … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
chukker — Period of play in polo … Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors
chukker — n. chukkar, any of the six playing periods in a polo game that lasts 7 1/2 minutes (Sports) … English contemporary dictionary
