badminton
(noun) a game played on a court with light long-handled rackets used to volley a shuttlecock over a net
Source: WordNet® 3.1
badminton (uncountable)
A racquet sport played indoors on a court by two opposing players (singles) or two opposing pairs of players (doubles), in which a shuttlecock is volleyed over a net and the competitions are presided by an umpire in British English and a referee in American English.
A cooling summer drink made with claret, sugar, and soda water.
• (sport): badders (UK, informal)
Badminton
A village in Gloucestershire, England.
Source: Wiktionary
Bad"min*ton, n. Etym: [From the name of the seat of the Duke of Beaufort in England.]
1. A game, similar to lawn tennis, played with shuttlecocks.
2. A preparation of claret, spiced and sweetened.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 May 2025
(adjective) worth having or seeking or achieving; “a desirable job”; “computer with many desirable features”; “a desirable outcome”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
