shuttlecock
nounUK /ˈʃʌt.əl.kɒk/
US /ˈʃʌt̬.əl.kɑːk/
A shuttlecock is the small thing with feathers that you hit back and forth in badminton.
She hit the shuttlecock over the net with her racket.
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OTHER MEANINGS
2. The object used in the game of battledore and shuttlecock, an old game similar to badminton.
The children played battledore and shuttlecock in the garden.
3. A cone-shaped piece of cork or rubber with feathers or plastic, designed to fly slowly through the air.
The shuttlecock spun through the air and landed softly on the floor.
4. To toss or hit something back and forth like a shuttlecock.
The two teams shuttlecocked the ball across the court.