shuttlecock

[ shuht-l-kok ]

noun

1. 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.
2. the game of battledore.

verb (used with object)

1. to send or bandy to and fro like a shuttlecock.

verb (used without object)

1. to move or be bandied to and fro.

adjective

1. of such a state or condition:

   a shuttlecock existence.

shuttlecock

/ ˈʃʌtəlˌkɒk /

noun

1. a light cone consisting of a cork stub with feathered flights, struck to and fro in badminton and battledore Often shortened toshuttle
2. anything moved to and fro, as in an argument

verb

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of shuttlecock¹

First recorded in 1515–25; shuttle + cock ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of shuttlecock¹

C16: from shuttle + cock ¹

Example Sentences

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

From The Daily Beast

The difference is that instead of racquet and ball, battledore and shuttlecock are used.

From Project Gutenberg

Her mind had vacillated like a shuttlecock, but no one had seen the vacillation.

From Project Gutenberg

I am tired of going death-hunting, and not fool enough to play a game of shuttlecock with a lump of gold.

From Project Gutenberg

Once more Palestine became a shuttlecock between the kingdoms of the Nile and the Euphrates.

From Project Gutenberg

The shuttlecock of conversation was lightly bandied to and fro across the round table.

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