shuttlecock

[ shuht-l-kok ]

/ ˈʃʌt lˌkɒk /

noun

Also called shuttle. the object that is struck back and forth in badminton and battledore, consisting of a feathered cork head and a plastic crown.

the game of battledore.

verb (used with object)

to send or bandy to and fro like a shuttlecock.

verb (used without object)

to move or be bandied to and fro.

adjective

of such a state or condition: a shuttlecock existence.

Origin of shuttlecock

First recorded in 1515–25; shuttle + cock¹

Words nearby shuttlecock

shuttering, shutting stile, shuttle, shuttle armature, shuttle diplomacy, shuttlecock, shuttlecraft, shvartze, shvernik, shwa, shwe-shwe

Example sentences from the Web for shuttlecock

The Mile High dinner series is just one of many events the cousins throw under their umbrella company, Shuttlecock Inc.

Join The Mile High (Dining) Club |Allison McNearney |September 26, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Spinning a top is second to no exercise which I have yet mentioned, unless it is playing at shuttlecock.

The Young Mother |William A. Alcott
He pictured his country ravaged, broken, desolate, buffeted like a shuttlecock between the rackets of fate.

The Blood Red Dawn |Charles Caldwell Dobie
It is to be a shuttlecock between discontent and temptation.

What Will He Do With It, Complete |Edward Bulwer-Lytton

He knew I was not a shuttlecock, to be bandied about at pleasure.

The Chronicles of Crime or The New Newgate Calendar. v. 2/2 |Camden Pelham
When she had rowed away from the house, Chin went inside and got his shuttlecock.

Our Little Siamese Cousin |Mary Hazelton Wade

British Dictionary definitions for shuttlecock

shuttlecock

/ (ˈʃʌtəlˌkɒk) /

noun

a light cone consisting of a cork stub with feathered flights, struck to and fro in badminton and battledore Often shortened to: shuttle

anything moved to and fro, as in an argument

verb

to move or cause to move to and fro, like a shuttlecock

Word Origin for shuttlecock

C16: from shuttle + cock 1

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shuttlecock

noun

verb (used with object)

verb (used without object)

adjective

Origin of shuttlecock

Words nearby shuttlecock

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