SHUTTLECOCK

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

Etymology

Noun

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.

Verb

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