badminton Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a game played on a court with light long-handled rackets used to volley a shuttlecock over a net

WordNet

Bad"min*ton noun
Etymology
From the name of the seat of the Duke of Beaufort in England.
Definitions
  1. A game, similar to lawn tennis, played with shuttlecocks.
  2. A preparation of claret, spiced and sweetened.

Webster 1913