Definitions for Shuttlecockˈʃʌt lˌkɒk
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
shut•tle•cockˈʃʌt lˌkɒk(n.)
the conical feathered cork device that is struck back and forth in badminton.
Category: Sport
(v.t.)to bandy to and fro like a shuttlecock.
Origin of shuttlecock:
1515–25
Princeton's WordNet
shuttlecock, bird, birdie, shuttle(verb)
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
Wiktionary
shuttlecock(Noun)
A lightweight object that is conical in shape with a cork or rubber-covered nose, used in badminton as a ball is used in other racquet games.
shuttlecock(Verb)
to move or be moved rapidly back-and-forth
Origin: shuttle (from the back-and-forth sense of the word originating with loom weaving) + cock (from resemblance to a male bird's plume of tail feathers). Attested from 1522.
Webster Dictionary
Shuttlecock(noun)
a cork stuck with feathers, which is to be struck by a battledoor in play; also, the play itself
Shuttlecock(verb)
to send or toss to and fro; to bandy; as, to shuttlecock words
Translations for Shuttlecock
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
shuttlecock(noun)
a rounded cork etc, with feathers etc fixed in it, used in the game of badminton.
- veer, pluimAfrikaans

- كُرةٌ مُرَيَّشَهArabic

- хилка за бадмингтонBulgarian

- volantePortuguese (BR)

- péřákCzech

- der FederballGerman

- fjerboldDanish

- φτερωτό μπαλάκι του μπάντμιντον (ομδικό παιχνίδι)Greek

- volanteSpanish

- sulgpallEstonian

- توپ بدمينتونFarsi

- sulkapalloFinnish

- volantFrench

- כַּדוּר-נוֹצָהHebrew

- बैडिमिन्टन की चिड़ियाHindi

- lopta za badmintonCroatian

- tollaslabdaHungarian

- kock, bola bulu tangkisIndonesian

- fjaðraboltiIcelandic

- volanoItalian

- 羽根Japanese

- 셔틀콕Korean

- plunksninukasLithuanian

- (badmintona) volāns, bumbiņaLatvian

- bulu tangkisMalay

- shuttleDutch

- badminton-/fjærballNorwegian

- lotkaPolish

- توپ بدمينتونPersian

- بڼكى والاګينډ (توپ)، يو ډول پنډوسكه چې بڼې پكښې چوخوي(دبېډ منټن توپPashto

- volantePortuguese

- fluturaş (de badminton)Romanian

- воланRussian

- bedmintonový košíkSlovak

- perjanicaSlovenian

- loptica za badmintonSerbian

- badmintonbollSwedish

- ลูกขนไก่Thai

- badminton topuTurkish

- 羽毛球Chinese (Trad.)

- воланUkrainian

- بیڈمنٹن کی چڑیاUrdu

- quả cầu lôngVietnamese

- 羽毛球Chinese (Simp.)

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