shuttlecock, bird, birdie, shuttle
(noun) badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers
shuttlecock
(verb) send or toss to and fro, like a shuttlecock
Source: WordNet® 3.1
shuttlecock (countable and uncountable, plural shuttlecocks) (badminton)
(countable) A lightweight object that is conical in shape with a cork or rubber-covered nose, used in badminton the way a ball is used in other racquet games. [from early 16th c.]
Synonym: birdie
(uncountable, dated) The game of badminton.
shuttlecock (third-person singular simple present shuttlecocks, present participle shuttlecocking, simple past and past participle shuttlecocked)
To move rapidly back and forth
To send or toss back and forth; to bandy
Source: Wiktionary
Shut"tle*cock`, n.
Definition: A cork stuck with feathers, which is to be struck by a battledoor in play; also, the play itself.
Shut"tle*cock, v. t.
Definition: To send or toss to and fro; to bandy; as, to shuttlecock words. Thackeray.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 April 2025
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