chukker

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi चक्कर (cakkar), from Sanskrit चक्र (cakra). Doublet of chakra.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtʃʌ.kə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃʌ.kɚ/

Noun

chukker (plural chukkers)

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

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