shuttlecock

Noun

badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers
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.
The game of badminton.

Verb

send or toss to and fro, like a shuttlecock
To move rapidly back and forth.
To send or toss back and forth; to bandy.

Examples

to shuttlecock words

Origin / Etymology

From shuttle (from the back-and-forth sense of the word originating with loom weaving) + cock (from resemblance to a male bird's plume of tail feathers).

Synonyms

bird, birdie, shuttle

Scrabble Score: 22

shuttlecock: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
shuttlecock: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
shuttlecock: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 25

shuttlecock: valid Words With Friends Word