shuttlecock

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers
  2. verb send or toss to and fro, like a shuttlecock

Etymology

From 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).

In classic literature

Synonyms

bird, birdie, shuttle

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