shuffleboard

[ shuhf-uhl-bawrd, -bohrd ]

noun

1. 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.
2. the board or marked surface, as on a floor or deck, on which this game is played.

shuffleboard

/ ˈʃʌfəlˌbɔːd /

noun

1. 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
2. the marked area on which this game is played

Word History and Origins

Origin of shuffleboard¹

First recorded in 1525–35; alteration of earlier shove board

Example Sentences

To be clear, dedicated spaces exist, where self-proclaimed naturists congregate to swat badminton birdies and slide shuffleboard pucks with their appendages flapping.

From Outside Online

We spar intellectually over the office shuffleboard one moment and then grab a pizza together the next.

From Outside Online

For the sake of simplicity, let's go with "team shuffleboard on ice."

From The Daily Beast

Time magazine later put Webb on its cover in front of a shuffleboard court.

From The Daily Beast

Mr. Watson went below, and Mr. Sabin played shuffleboard with his usual deadly skill.

From Project Gutenberg

We played ring-toss and shuffleboard together, and became of a friendship which lasts to this day.

From Project Gutenberg

Shuffleboard parties at one point and ring-toss parties at another were forming among the young people.

From Project Gutenberg

A game called Shuffleboard was introduced with trenchers about 1½ inch thick and 10 in.

From Project Gutenberg

You organize shuffleboard; you organize public worship; you want to organize musicales.

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