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draughts

noun · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /dɹɑːfts/
  • Canada, General-American: drăfts
  • Canada, General-American: /dɹæfts/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian, New-Zealand: /dɹɐːfts/
  • Australian, New-Zealand: /dɹaːfts/
  • Queensland Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɑːfts
  • rhymes with -æfts
  • homophone: drafts
  • CMU ARPABET: D R AE1 F T S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

plural of draught

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, plural

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A board game for two players in which the players each have a set number of pieces (typically 12 or 20, depending on the rule set), known as men, and the object is to capture each of the opponent's pieces by jumping one's own pieces over the opponent's pieces.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, uncountable

Qualifier: board games

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: checkers

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A mild vesicatory.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

third-person singular simple present indicative of draught

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

a checkerboard game for two players who each have 12 pieces; the object is to jump over and so capture the opponent's pieces

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: checkers

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: board game

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

110 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: damë — game for two players
  • Southern Altai: шатра (šatra) — game for two players
  • Arabic: دَامَا (dāmā) — game for two players
  • Arabic: دَامَة (dāma) — game for two players
  • Arabic: ضَامَة (ḍāma) — game for two players
  • Arabic: ضامة (ḍāma) — game for two players
  • Armenian: շաշկի (šaški) — game for two players
  • Azerbaijani: dama — game for two players
  • Azerbaijani: şaşki — game for two players
  • Basque: dama-joko — game for two players
  • Belarusian: ша́шкі (šáški) — game for two players
  • Bengali: চেকারস (cekars) — game for two players
  • Bulgarian: да́ма (dáma) — game for two players
  • Bulgarian: ша́шки (šáški) — game for two players
  • Burmese: ကျားထိုးခြင်း (kya:htui:hkrang:) — game for two players
  • Catalan: dames — game for two players
  • Chinese Cantonese: 跳棋 — game for two players
  • Chinese: 跳棋 (zh-min-nan) — game for two players
  • Chinese Mandarin: 國際跳棋 /国际跳棋 (guójì tiàoqí) — game for two players
  • Chinese Mandarin: 跳棋 (tiàoqí) — game for two players
  • Chuukese: sikang — game for two players
  • Czech: dáma — game for two players
  • Danish: dam — game for two players
  • Dutch: damspel — game for two players
  • Esperanto: damludo — game for two players
  • Esperanto: damoj — game for two players
  • Estonian: kabe — game for two players
  • Estonian: kabemäng — game for two players
  • Estonian: tamka — game for two players
  • Estonian: tamkamäng — game for two players
  • Finnish: tammi — game for two players
  • Finnish: tammipeli — game for two players
  • French: jeu de dames — game for two players
  • French: dames — game for two players
  • Galician: damas — game for two players
  • Georgian: შაში (šaši) — game for two players
  • German: Dame — game for two players
  • German: Damespiel — game for two players
  • Greek: ντάμα (ntáma) — game for two players
  • Ancient Greek: πεσσεία (pesseía) — game for two players
  • Hebrew: דַּמְקָה (dámka) — game for two players
  • Hindi: चेकर्स (cekars) — game for two players
  • Hindi: ड्राफ़्टस (ḍrāfṭas) — game for two players
  • Hungarian: dáma — game for two players
  • Icelandic: dammur — game for two players
  • Icelandic: dammtafl — game for two players
  • Ido: dami — game for two players
  • Indonesian: dam — game for two players
  • Ingrian: šaškat — game for two players
  • Irish: táiplis (bheag) — game for two players
  • Italian: dama — game for two players
  • Japanese: チェッカー (chekkā) — game for two players
  • Japanese: 西洋碁 (seiyōgo) — game for two players
  • Japanese: ドラフツ (dorafutsu) — game for two players
  • Kashubian: damka — game for two players
  • Kazakh: дойбы (doiby) — game for two players
  • Korean: 체커 (chekeo) — game for two players
  • Central Kurdish: دامە (dame) — game for two players
  • Northern Kurdish: dame — game for two players
  • Kyrgyz: дойбу (doybu) — game for two players
  • Kyrgyz: шашка (şaşka) — game for two players
  • Lao: ຫມາກດາມ (māk dām) — game for two players
  • Latvian: dambrete — game for two players
  • Lithuanian: saškės — game for two players
  • Macedonian: да́ма (dáma) — game for two players
  • Malay: dam — game for two players
  • Malay: damdam — game for two players
  • Māori: mū — game for two players
  • Maranao: dama — game for two players
  • Mongolian: даам (daam) — game for two players
  • Navajo: naalzhoodí — game for two players
  • Nganasan: нанудеда (nanudeda) — game for two players
  • Norwegian Bokmål: dam — game for two players
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: dam — game for two players
  • Iranian Persian: دام (dâm) — game for two players
  • Iranian Persian: چِکِرْز (čekerz) — game for two players
  • Plautdietsch: Daumbrat — game for two players
  • Polish: warcaby — game for two players
  • Portuguese: damas — game for two players
  • Romanian: dame — game for two players
  • Russian: ша́шки (šáški) — game for two players
  • Scottish Gaelic: dàmais — game for two players
  • Scottish Gaelic: tàileasg — game for two players
  • Serbo-Croatian: да́ма — game for two players
  • Serbo-Croatian: dáma — game for two players
  • Slovak: dáma — game for two players
  • Slovene: dama — game for two players
  • Spanish: damas — game for two players
  • Spanish: andarraya — game for two players
  • Swahili: dama — game for two players
  • Swahili: drafti — game for two players
  • Swedish: damspel — game for two players
  • Swedish: dam — game for two players
  • Tagalog: dama — game for two players
  • Tajik: шашка (šaška) — game for two players
  • Tamil: அட்டாங்கம் (aṭṭāṅkam) — game for two players
  • Tatar: шашка (şaşqa) — game for two players
  • Thai: หมากฮอส (màak-hɔ́t) — game for two players
  • Tibetan: མཆོང་སྒྲིག་མིག་མངས (mchong sgrig mig mangs) — game for two players
  • Turkish: dama — game for two players
  • Turkmen: şaşka — game for two players
  • Ukrainian: ша́шки (šášky) — game for two players
  • Urdu: ڈْرافْٹَس (ḍrāfṭas) — game for two players
  • Uyghur: دامكا (damka) — game for two players
  • Uyghur: شاشكا (shashka) — game for two players
  • Uzbek: shashka — game for two players
  • Uzbek: damka — game for two players
  • Vietnamese: cờ đam — game for two players
  • Yakut: дуобат (duobat) — game for two players
  • Yiddish: דאַמקע (damke) — game for two players
Real reading context

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