Battledore And Shuttlecock

Definition: Battledore And Shuttlecock

Battledore And Shuttlecock

Noun

1. An ancient racket game.

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Synonym: Battledore And Shuttlecock

Amusement

Athletic sports, gymnastics; archery, rifle shooting; tournament, pugilism; (contention); sports; horse racing, the turf; aquatics; skating, sliding; cricket, tennis, lawn tennis; hockey, football, baseball, soccer, ice hockey, basketball; rackets, fives, trap bat and ball, la grace; pall-mall, tipcat, croquet, golf, curling, pallone, polo, water polo; tent pegging; tilting at the ring, quintain; greasy pole; quoits, horseshoes, discus; rounders, lacrosse; tobogganing, water polo; knurr and spell.

Interchange

Verb: interchange, exchange, counterchange; bandy, transpose, shuffle, change bands, swap, permute, reciprocate, commute; give and take, return the compliment; play at puss in the corner,Verb: interchange, exchange, counterchange; bandy, transpose, shuffle, change bands, swap, permute, reciprocate, commute; give and take, return the compliment; play at puss in the corner, play at battledore and shuttlecock; retaliate; requite.

Barter; tit for tat; (retaliation); cross fire,barter; tit for tat; (retaliation); cross fire, battledore and shuttlecock; quid pro quo.

Man and woman playing battledore and shuttlecock on hotel porch. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Expression using "battledore and shuttlecock": play at battledore and shuttlecock. Additional references.

Chinese 

板羽球 (shuttlecock). (various references)

Hungarian

tollaslabdázik (to play at battledore and shuttlecock), tollaslabdával játszik (to play at battledore and shuttlecock). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

羽突き (Japanese badminton), 羽� �突き (Japanese badminton), 羽� �付き (Japanese badminton), 羽子突 (Japanese badminton). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

はねつき (Japanese badminton). (various references)

Pig Latin

attledorebay anday uttlecockshay.(various references)

Russian 

игра в волан. (various references)