shuttlecock

3 definitions found

shuttlecock - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Shuttlecock \Shut"tle*cock`\, n.
     A cork stuck with feathers, which is to be struck by a
     battledoor in play; also, the play itself.
     [1913 Webster]

  Shuttlecock \Shut"tle*cock\, v. t.
     To send or toss to and fro; to bandy; as, to shuttlecock
     words. --Thackeray.
     [1913 Webster]

shuttlecock - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  shuttlecock
      n 1: badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber
           with a crown of feathers [syn: shuttlecock, bird,
           birdie, shuttle]
      v 1: send or toss to and fro, like a shuttlecock