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Definitions for shuttlecock
ˈʃʌt lˌkɒkshut·tle·cock

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. shuttlecock, bird, birdie, shuttleverb

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

  2. shuttlecockverb

    send or toss to and fro, like a shuttlecock

Wiktionary

  1. shuttlecocknoun

    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. shuttlecockverb

    to move or be moved rapidly back-and-forth

  3. Etymology: 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.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Shuttlecocknoun

    A cork stuck with feathers, and beaten backward and forward.

    With dice, with cards, with balliards far unfit,
    With shuttlecocks misseeming manly wit. Hubberd’s Tale.

Wikipedia

  1. Shuttlecock

    A shuttlecock (also called a birdie or shuttle) is a high-drag projectile used in the sport of badminton. It has an open conical shape formed by feathers or plastic (or a synthetic alternative) embedded into a rounded cork (or rubber) base. The shuttlecock's shape makes it extremely aerodynamically stable. Regardless of initial orientation, it will turn to fly cork first, and remain in the cork-first orientation.

ChatGPT

  1. shuttlecock

    A shuttlecock is a projectile used in the sports of badminton and battledore, consisting of a conical arrangement of feathers or a similar material attached to a rounded base, often made of cork. It is designed to be hit with a racket in these sports. Also known as a bird or birdie, it is lightweight and designed to be aerodynamically stable.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Shuttlecocknoun

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

  2. Shuttlecockverb

    to send or toss to and fro; to bandy; as, to shuttlecock words

Wikidata

  1. Shuttlecock

    A shuttlecock is a high-drag projectile used in the sport of badminton. It has an open conical shape: the cone is formed from sixteen or so overlapping feathers, usually goose or duck and from the left wing only, embedded into a rounded cork base. The cork is covered with thin leather. The shuttlecock's shape makes it extremely aerodynamically stable. Regardless of initial orientation, it will turn to fly cork first, and remain in the cork-first orientation. The name shuttlecock is frequently shortened to shuttle. The "shuttle" part of the name was probably derived from its back-and-forth motion during the game, resembling the shuttle of a loom; the "cock" part of the name was probably derived from the resemblance of the feathers to those on a cockerel.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of shuttlecock in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of shuttlecock in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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