shuttlecock
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
shuttlecock
- (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.]
- (dated, uncountable) The game of badminton.
- 1830, Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand), Bertha's visit to her uncle in England (volume 3, page 105)
- Two people stand at opposite ends of the room, as in playing shuttlecock […]
- 1830, Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand), Bertha's visit to her uncle in England (volume 3, page 105)
- (lightweight object used in badminton) birdie
- French: volant
- German: Federball
- Italian: volano
- Portuguese: volante, pena, peteca
- Russian: вола́н
- Spanish: volante
shuttlecock (shuttlecocks, present participle shuttlecocking; past and past participle shuttlecocked)
- To move rapidly back and forth
- To send or toss back and forth; to bandy
- to shuttlecock words
- Portuguese: ricochetear
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