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shuttlecock

shut·tle·cock
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [shuht-l-kok]
    • /ˈʃʌt lˌkɒk/
    • /ˈʃʌt.l̩.kɒk/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [shuht-l-kok]
    • /ˈʃʌt lˌkɒk/

Definitions of shuttlecock word

  • noun shuttlecock Also called shuttle. the object that is struck back and forth in badminton and battledore, consisting of a feathered cork head and a plastic crown. 1
  • noun shuttlecock the game of battledore. 1
  • verb with object shuttlecock to send or bandy to and fro like a shuttlecock. 1
  • verb without object shuttlecock to move or be bandied to and fro. 1
  • adjective shuttlecock of such a state or condition: a shuttlecock existence. 1
  • countable noun shuttlecock A shuttlecock is the small object that you hit over the net in a game of badminton. It is rounded at one end and has real or artificial feathers fixed in the other end. 0
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Origin of shuttlecock

First appearance:

before 1515
One of the 27% oldest English words
First recorded in 1515-25; shuttle + cock1

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Parts of speech for Shuttlecock

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Shuttlecock

shuttlecock popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 87% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Related words

  • drive

    to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.

  • battledore

    an ancient racket game

  • badminton

    Badminton is a game played by two or four players on a rectangular court with a high net across the middle. The players try to score points by hitting a small object called a shuttlecock across the net using a racket.

  • birdie

    In golf, if you get a birdie, you get the golf ball into a hole in one stroke fewer than the number of strokes which has been set as the standard for a good player.

  • drop shot

    (in tennis, badminton, etc.) a ball or shuttlecock so softly hit that it falls to the playing surface just after clearing the net.

  • placement

    the act of placing.
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