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
See shuttlecock in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(shŭtˈl-kŏkˌ)
noun
A small rounded piece of cork or rubber with a conical crown of feathers or plastic, used in badminton. Also called bird, birdie.