shuttlecock

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

shuttlecock
    n 1: badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber
         with a crown of feathers [syn: {shuttlecock}, {bird},
         {birdie}, {shuttle}]
    v 1: send or toss to and fro, like a shuttlecock

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Shuttlecock \Shut"tle*cock`\, n.
   A cork stuck with feathers, which is to be struck by a
   battledoor in play; also, the play itself.
   [1913 Webster]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Shuttlecock \Shut"tle*cock\, v. t.
   To send or toss to and fro; to bandy; as, to shuttlecock
   words. --Thackeray.
   [1913 Webster]

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