shuffleboard
Americannoun
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a game in which standing players shove or push wooden or plastic disks with a long cue toward numbered scoring sections marked on a floor or deck.
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the board or marked surface, as on a floor or deck, on which this game is played.
noun
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a game in which players push wooden or plastic discs with a long cue towards numbered scoring sections marked on a floor, esp a ship's deck
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the marked area on which this game is played
Etymology
Origin of shuffleboard
First recorded in 1525–35; alteration of earlier shove board
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