Nearby Words
noun
1.
Also called battledore and shuttlecock. a game from which badminton was developed, played since ancient times in India and other Asian countries.
2.
a light racket for striking the shuttlecock in this game.
3.
a 17th- and 18th-century hornbook of wood or cardboard, used as a child's primer.
verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
4.
to toss or fly back and forth: to battledore the plan among one's colleagues.
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