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shuttlecock.

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.

11 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈʃʌtl̩ˌkɒk/Received-Pronunciation/ˈʃʌtl̩ˌkɑk/General-American[ˈʃʌɾɫ̩ˌkɑk]General-American/ˈʃɐtl̩ˌkɔk/Australia
  1. 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.

    countable
  2. The game of badminton.

    dated · uncountable
Where this word comes from

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).

verb/ˈʃʌtl̩ˌkɒk/Received-Pronunciation/ˈʃʌtl̩ˌkɑk/General-American[ˈʃʌɾɫ̩ˌkɑk]General-American/ˈʃɐtl̩ˌkɔk/Australia
  1. To move rapidly back and forth.

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

    to shuttlecock words
Where this word comes from

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).

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