shuttlecock

== English == === Alternative forms === shittlecock (obsolete) === 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). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈʃʌtl̩ˌkɒk/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈʃʌtl̩ˌkɑk/, [ˈʃʌɾɫ̩ˌkɑk] (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈʃɐtl̩ˌkɔk/, [ˈʃɐɾɫ̩ˌkɔk] === Noun === shuttlecock (countable and uncountable, plural shuttlecocks) (badminton) (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. [from early 16th c.] Synonym: birdie (uncountable, dated) The game of badminton. 1830, Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand), Bertha's visit to her uncle in England (volume 3, page 105) Two people stand at opposite ends of the room, as in playing shuttlecock […] ==== Related terms ==== battledore and shuttlecock shuttlecock diplomacy ==== Translations ==== === Verb === shuttlecock (third-person singular simple present shuttlecocks, present participle shuttlecocking, simple past and past participle shuttlecocked) To move rapidly back and forth. To send or toss back and forth; to bandy. ==== Translations ====