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shuttlecock

noun

1 shuttlecock

Badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers.

synonyms: bird, birdie, shuttle.

Roget 605: irresolution, infirmity of purpose, indecision; indetermination, undetermination; unsettlement; uncertainty etc. 475; demur, suspense; hesitating etc. v., ... show more

Dutch: pluimbal, shuttle
Polish: lotka

verb

1 shuttlecock

Send or toss to and fro, like a shuttlecock.


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