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shuttle cock

[shuht-l-kok]

shut·tle·cock

[shuht-l-kok]
noun
1.
Also called shuttle. the object that is struck back and forth in badminton and battledore, consisting of a feathered cork head and a plastic crown.
2.
the game of battledore.
verb (used with object)
3.
to send or bandy to and fro like a shuttlecock.

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Shuttle cock is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
verb (used without object)
4.
to move or be bandied to and fro.
adjective
5.
of such a state or condition: a shuttlecock existence.

Origin:
1515–25; shuttle + cock1
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