draughts

• (game): drafts (archaic)

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dɹɑːfts/
• (General American, Canada) enPR: drăfts, IPA^(key): /dɹæfts/

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• (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /dɹɐːfts/, /dɹaːfts/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːfts, -æfts
• Homophone: drafts

draughts

1. plural of draught

draughts (uncountable)

1. (board games, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, uncountable) 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.
2. A mild vesicatory.

• checkers (US, Canada)

• (board games): Turkish draughts

• (board games): draughtsman

draughts

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of draught