Definitions for Shuttlecockˈʃʌt lˌkɒk

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

shut•tle•cockˈʃʌt lˌkɒk(n.)

  1. the conical feathered cork device that is struck back and forth in badminton.

    Category: Sport

  2. (v.t.)to bandy to and fro like a shuttlecock.

Origin of shuttlecock:

1515–25

Princeton's WordNet

  1. shuttlecock, bird, birdie, shuttle(verb)

    badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers

  2. shuttlecock(verb)

    send or toss to and fro, like a shuttlecock

Wiktionary

  1. 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.

  2. shuttlecock(Verb)

    to move or be moved rapidly back-and-forth

  3. 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

  1. Shuttlecock(noun)

    a cork stuck with feathers, which is to be struck by a battledoor in play; also, the play itself

  2. 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.

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