skittles

2 definitions found

skittles - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Skittles \Skit"tles\, n. pl. [Of Scand. origin. [root]159. See
     Shoot, v. t., and cf. Shuttle, Skit, v. t.]
     An English game resembling ninepins, but played by throwing
     wooden disks, instead of rolling balls, at the pins.
     [1913 Webster]

skittles - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  skittles
      n 1: a bowling game that is played by rolling a bowling ball
           down a bowling alley at a target of nine wooden pins [syn:
           ninepins, skittles]