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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers;
[syn: shuttlecock, bird, birdie, shuttle]


VERB (1)

1. send or toss to and fro, like a shuttlecock;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Shuttlecock \Shut"tle*cock`\, n. A cork stuck with feathers, which is to be struck by a battledoor in play; also, the play itself. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Shuttlecock \Shut"tle*cock\, v. t. To send or toss to and fro; to bandy; as, to shuttlecock words. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

shuttlecock n 1: badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers [syn: shuttlecock, bird, birdie, shuttle] v 1: send or toss to and fro, like a shuttlecock