shuttlecock
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shuttlecock
- /ˈʃʌtl̩ˌkɒk/ UK
- /ˈʃʌtl̩ˌkɑk/ US
- [ˈʃʌɾɫ̩ˌkɑk] US
- /ˈʃɐtl̩ˌkɔk/ Australia
- [ˈʃɐɾɫ̩ˌkɔk] Australia
Where it comes from
From 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).
noun shuttlecocks · shittlecock
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A lightweight object that is conical in shape with a cork or rubber-covered nose, used in badminton the way a ball is used in other racquet games.
Seven or eight of them, standing in a circle, were engaged in a game of shittlecock. They had in their hands no battledores. They did not employ the hand or arm, any way, in striking it. But, after taking a short race, and springing from the floor, they met the descending shittlecock with the sole o
Similar: birdie
- The game of badminton. Fla[via]. Come, Sir Pergamus, till your horse come, you and I'll go play at shuttle-cock. / Per[gamus]. A match i'faith. I love that sport a' life. Yet my mother charged me not to use it for fear of putting my arm out of joint.
verb shuttlecocks · shuttlecocking · shuttlecocked · shittlecock
- To move rapidly back and forth.
- To send or toss back and forth; to bandy. to shuttlecock words
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noun a lightweight object that is conical in shape with a cork or rubber-covered nose, used in badminton the way a ball is used in other racquet games
| Español | volante, gallito, rehilete, gabote |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 셔틀콕 syeoteulkok |
| 日本語 | 羽根 hane, 羽根つき hanetsuki |
| 中文 | 羽毛球 yǔmáoqiú |
| हिन्दी | चिड़िया ciṛiyā, शटलकॉक śaṭalkŏk |
| Português | volante, pena, peteca |
| Français | volant |
| Deutsch | Federball |
| Italiano | volano |
| Ελληνικά | φτερό fteró |
| Română | fluturaș |
| Русский | вола́н volán, вола́нчик volánčik |
| Tiếng Việt | quả cầu lông |
| العربية | رِيشَة rīša |
verb to move rapidly back and forth
| Português | ricochetear |
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Talk about this word "shuttlecock." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/shuttlecock. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. shuttlecock. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/shuttlecock "shuttlecock." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/shuttlecock.Cite this
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title = {shuttlecock},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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