shuttlecock
To move rapidly back and forthTo move rapidly back and forth.
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Translations
1 languagesMeaning
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
Origin
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, shuttlecockedregular · Lesson
| Base form | shuttlecock · to shuttlecock |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | shuttlecocks |
| Present participle | shuttlecocking |
| Past simple | shuttlecocked |
| Past participle | shuttlecocked |
Tenses
shuttlecock · shuttlecocked · will shuttlecock · have shuttlecockedPoint at a form to see it in a sentence.Tap a form to see it in a sentence.
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
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