skittle
One of the wooden targets used in skittlesOne of the wooden targets used in skittles.
» Life's not all beer and skittles.
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1 sensesOne of the wooden targets used in skittles.
a bowling pin of the type used in playing ninepins or (in England) skittles
Examples
5 sentencesLife's not all beer and skittles.
Life is not all beer and skittles.
ruЖизнь - это не только забавы и развлечения. — paul_lingvo
deDas Leben ist nicht nur Vergnügen und Spaß. — carlosalberto
He only managed to bowl down one skittle out of nine.
The reward for finishing early is a bag of Skittles.
Ever the organizer, Reggie separates his Skittles into groupings of the same flavor before he eats them.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
Origin unknown. Perhaps of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse skutill (“bolt, harpoon”)Origin unknown. Perhaps of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse skutill (“bolt, harpoon”), related to skjóta (“to shoot”), but the OED dismisses this connection as conjecture. The Old Norse word is related to Swedish and Danish skyttel (“shuttle, child's toy”). Compare also Old English sċytel (“a dart, bolt”). More at shuttle.
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Forms
plural: skittlesSynonyms
2 synonyms- a bowling pin of the type used in playing ninepins or (in England) skittles:ninepinskittle pin
Word family
5 related wordsSee also
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