shuttlecock
To move rapidly back and forthTo move rapidly back and forth.
» How are we meant to play badminton without a shuttlecock?
zumley · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 sensesTo move rapidly back and forth.
To send or toss back and forth; to bandy.
to shuttlecock words
send or toss to and fro, like a shuttlecock
Examples
6 sentencesHow are we meant to play badminton without a shuttlecock?
I bought two new shuttlecocks from the sporting goods store.
I bought myself a badminton racquet but I forgot to buy shuttlecocks.
ruЯ купил себе ракетку для бадминтона, но забыл купить воланы. — Wezel
I bought a second badminton racket for myself, but I forgot to buy a shuttlecock.
If you want to play badminton, you'll want to bring the shuttlecock, not the ball.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From shuttle (from the back-and-forth sense of the word originating with loom weaving) + cFrom 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).
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Forms
shuttlecocks, shuttlecocking, shuttlecocked, shuttlecocked| Base form | shuttlecock · to shuttlecock |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | shuttlecocks |
| Present participle | shuttlecocking |
| Past simple | shuttlecocked |
| Past participle | shuttlecocked |
regular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.