shuttlecock

shuttlecock Definition

shuttle·cock (-käk′)

noun

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
the game of battledore and shuttlecock

transitive verb, intransitive verb

to go, send, or bandy back and forth

shuttlecock Usage Examples

Converse of object

hit: Kellogg once hit a shuttlecock into the crowd in disbelief and Clark yelled desperately at 1-14 in the second game.
squawk: Delia was flapping about like the squawking shuttlecock we share the dining room with.

Modifies a noun

fern: So before you despair, check out Svenâs suggestions for plants that love soggy soil, from arum lilies to shuttlecock ferns.

Noun used with modifier

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