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| shut·tle·cock [ shútt'l kòk ] |
noun (plural shut·tle·cocks) |
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object hit in badminton: a small rounded piece of cork or rubber attached to a cone of feathers that is hit back and forth in badminton and in the old game of battledore
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transitive verb (past and past participle shut·tle·cocked, present participle shut·tle·cock·ing, 3rd person present singular shut·tle·cocks) |
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send something back and forth: to toss or send something back and forth
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| [Early 16th century. Shuttle probably < its going back and forth, like the shuttle in a loom; cock< the feathers, like a bird's crest] |
