1) Badminton equipment 2) Bird 3) Birdie 4) English thriller novel 5) Shuttle 6) To bandy
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1) Birdie 2) Shuttle
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A shuttlecock (also called a bird or birdie) is a high-drag projectile used in the sport of badminton. It has an open conical shape: the cone is formed from 16 or so overlapping feathers, usually goose or duck and from the left wing only{cn|date=August 2013}, embedded into a rounded cork base. The cork is covered with thin leather. The shuttlecock...
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• (v. t.) To send or toss to and fro; to bandy; as, to shuttlecock words. • (n.) A cork stuck with feathers, which is to be struck by a battledoor in play; also, the play itself.
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(from the article `Swift, Graham`) ...and Queens` College, Cambridge (B.A., 1970; M.A., 1975). His first novel, The Sweet-Shop Owner (1980), juxtaposes the final day of a shopkeeper`s ...
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(from the article `badminton`) court or lawn game played with lightweight rackets and a shuttlecock. Historically, the shuttlecock was a small, cork hemisphere with 16 goose ... children`s game played by two persons using small rackets called battledores, which are made of parchment, plastic, or rows of gut or nylon ... [2 related a...
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Shut'tle·cock` noun A cork stuck with feathers, which is to be struck by a battledoor in play; also, the play itself.
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Shut'tle·cock transitive verb To send or toss to and fro; to bandy; as, to
shuttlecock words.
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[
n] - badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers 2. [v] - send or toss to and fro, like a shuttlecock
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bird 1 birdie noun badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers
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Official name for the object that players hit. Also known as 'birdie.' Weight: .17-.l9 ounces. Made of: 16 goose feathers attached to a corktip covered with goat skin. Cost: $1.50-$2.00. Usually lasts for no more than two games. The heavier the shuttlecock, the faster it flies. Flies faster in higher temperatures and at higher altitudes.
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