shuttlecock Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers
    shuttle; bird; birdie.
  2. verb send or toss to and fro, like a shuttlecock

WordNet

Shut"tle*cock` noun
Definitions
  1. A cork stuck with feathers, which is to be struck by a battledoor in play; also, the play itself.
Shut"tle*cock transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To send or toss to and fro; to bandy; as, to shuttlecock words. Thackeray.

Webster 1913