Real Dictionary

badminton
uncountable noun: Badminton is a game played by two or four players on a rectangular court with a high net across the middle. The players try to score points by hitting a small object called a shuttlecock across the net using a racket.

badminton in American English
a game in which a shuttlecock is batted back and forth with light rackets across a net by opposing players or pairs of players
noun: a game played on a rectangular court by two players or two pairs of players equipped with light rackets used to volley a shuttlecock over a high net that divides the court in half

badminton in British English
noun: a game played with rackets and a shuttlecock, which is hit back and forth across a high net
noun: a village in SW England, in South Gloucestershire unitary authority, Gloucestershire: site of Badminton House, seat of the Duke of Beaufort; annual horse trials