Meaning Of The Word Shuttlecock

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shuttlecock
countable noun: A shuttlecock is the small object that you hit over the net in a game of badminton. It is rounded at one end and has real or artificial feathers fixed in the other end.

shuttlecock in American English
in badminton or other similar games, a rounded piece of cork having a flat end stuck with feathers or, now, a piece of plastic formed to resemble this: it is struck back and forth across a net with rackets or paddles
adjective: of such a state or condition
intransitive verb: to move or be bandied to and fro
noun: the object that is struck back and forth in badminton and battledore, consisting of a feathered cork head and a plastic crown
transitive verb: to send or bandy to and fro like a shuttlecock

shuttlecock in British English
noun: a light cone consisting of a cork stub with feathered flights, struck to and fro in badminton and battledore
verb: to move or cause to move to and fro, like a shuttlecock

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