shuttlecock UK /ˈʃʌtl̩ˌkɒk/US /ˈʃʌtl̩ˌkɑk/noun 2verb 2forms 3 noun2 •A lightweight object that is conical in shape with a cork or rubber-covered nose, used in badminton the way a ball is used in other racquet games.In a severe gale like this, while the ship is but a tossed shuttlecock to the blast, it is by no means uncommon to see the needles in the compasses, at intervals, go round and round. — 1851 •(old-fashioned) The game of badminton.Two people stand at opposite ends of the room, as in playing shuttlecock […] — 1830 verb2 •To move rapidly back and forth. •To send or toss back and forth; to bandy.to shuttlecock words formsshuttlecocked · shuttlecocking · shuttlecocks
