shuffleboard
shuffleboard · shuffleboards
A game that involves sliding a puck or coin towards a targetA game that involves sliding a puck or coin towards a target.
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable)A game that involves sliding a puck or coin towards a target.
(countable)The long, narrow board on which this game is played.
a game in which players use long sticks to shove wooden disks onto the scoring area marked on a smooth surface
Origin
From earlier shovillaborde (“shovel board”), an alteration of shove-board, from shove + boFrom earlier shovillaborde (“shovel board”), an alteration of shove-board, from shove + board.
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Forms
plural: shuffleboards| Singular | shuffleboard |
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Synonyms
5 synonymsgame, sport:shoveboardshovegroatshove ha'pennyshufflepuckshovelboard
Close in meaning
- a game in which players use long sticks to shove wooden disks onto the scoring area marked on a smooth surface:shovelboard
Word family
7 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable