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shuttlecock

/ˈʃʌt.əl.kɒk/

/ˈʃʌt.əl.kɑk/

shuttlecocknoun

shuttlecocks

/ˈʃʌt.əl.kɒk/

/ˈʃʌt.əl.kɑk/

Translations

The shuttlecock flew over the net.

Волан перелетел через сетку.

Additional translations

перьевой мяч

Definitions

A lightweight object with a rounded base and feathers or a plastic skirt, used in the game of badminton.

The players took turns hitting the shuttlecock back and forth over the net.

Something, such as a proposal or person, that is repeatedly passed back and forth between parties.

The plan became a political shuttlecock between the two ministries.

Synonyms

shuttlecockverb

shuttlecocked

Past Simple

shuttlecocked

Past Participle

shuttlecocking

Gerund

/ˈʃʌt.əl.kɒk/

/ˈʃʌt̬.əl.kɑːk/

Established but somewhat formal verb meaning ‘to bandy or send back and forth’.

Definitions

To send or move back and forth rapidly between places, people, or parties.

For weeks the file was shuttlecocked between the legal and finance departments.

shuttlecockadjective

Attributive use before a noun (‘shuttlecock feathers’, ‘shuttlecock skirt’).

Definitions

Relating to or resembling a shuttlecock; used attributively before another noun.

The designer unveiled a dress with a distinctive shuttlecock silhouette.