Skittle Definition

skĭtl
skittles
noun
skittles
A British form of ninepins in which a wooden disk or ball is used to knock down the pins.
Webster's New World
Any of these pins.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
verb

To play skittles.

Wiktionary
To beat comprehensively.
Wiktionary

To use as a recreational drug a certain over-the-counter cough medication that is taken orally and whose tablets are said to resemble Skittles.

Wiktionary
idiom
(not) all beer and skittles
  • (not) pure pleasure and enjoyment
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Skittle

Noun

Singular:
skittle
Plural:
skittles

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Skittle

  • (not) all beer and skittles

Origin of Skittle

  • Perhaps of Scandinavian origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Skittle Sentence Examples

  • There 's a picture of the inn 's 100 year old skittle alley.

  • Hence you crawl out from under the safety of a particularly large boulder to find yourself at the base of the skittle alley.

  • The nearest hole to the front, worth 200 points, has a black skittle in front of it which must not be toppled.

  • Poor Worzel, he's had his heart broken by that walking wooden skittle too many times.

  • Appalling weather required a quick relocation from the sea front to a pub skittle alley, but did nothing to dampen participants ' enthusiasm.

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