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
- feather: Yonex feather shuttlecocks will be used throughout the tournament.
