shuttlecock

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable) A lightweight object that is conical in shape with a cork or rubber-covered nose, used in badminton the way a ball is used in other racquet games.
2. (dated, uncountable) The game of badminton.

Verb

1. To move rapidly back and forth.
2. To send or toss back and forth; to bandy.

Synonyms

birdie

shuttle

bird

🐦

pelt

shower

🚿

skim

badminton

🏸

shuttle cock

bandy

fluctuate

Translations

Federball

volante

peteca

volant

volant

shuttle

volano

navette

volante

ricochetear

pluimbal

pelota de bádminton

رِيشَة

ريشة

🪶

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʃʌtl̩kɑk/

Etymology

From shuttle (from the back-and-forth sense of the word originating with loom weaving) + cock (from resemblance to a male bird's plume of tail feathers).