badminton

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

badminton
    n 1: a game played on a court with light long-handled rackets
         used to volley a shuttlecock over a net

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Badminton \Bad"min*ton\, n. [From the name of the seat of the
   Duke of Beaufort in England.]
   1. A game, similar to lawn tennis, played with shuttlecocks.
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   2. A preparation of claret, spiced and sweetened.
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