badminton
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- noun
- /ˈbædˌmɪn.tən/
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bádminton
- He enjoys playing badminton with friends every weekend.
- badminton games
- badminton players
- badminton nets
I'm, I was a badminton player, so I'm sort of a sprinter, quick mover.
- I'm, I was a badminton player, so I'm sort of a sprinter, quick mover.
- We either play badminton or we're at a party or we're here, which for me this is like no stress whatsoever when we come here.
- I were always playing badminton, golf, tennis.
- Ping pong, handball, ping basketball, tennis, ping balls, Golf, badminton, Darts.
- But tennis, table tennis, racquetball, now pickleball, badminton are on the top.
- So me and him as good pals and we, we had a badminton war and on this last day it was boiling up.
- I want to do that the the Japanese one where like those people have that hacky sack that looks like a birdie of badminton.
- Well on Mars, I know it will be mutant badminton where your little mutant like Quatto is the only one actually allowed to hold the racket.
Examples
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In contrast, female students listed volleyball, tennis, badminton, games, and creative dance.
Academic text (2003) -
The students improved in badminton shot selection and badminton shot execution following an 18-lesson badminton season.
Academic text (2014) -
And here we have a badminton court.
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Maybe you should try badminton.
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These days, he runs a badminton league for kindergarteners.
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He's going to the best badminton facility in Canada.
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More women than men participated in sports like aerobics, badminton, and gymnastics than did men.
Academic text (1996) -
I love baseball, I love golf, I love pool, I love track, I love ping-pong, I love volleyball, I love badminton.
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Out the window, the Grands and Wooleys were still playing badminton in the lowering light.
Fiction book (1994) -
Who doesn't love badminton?
Compounds
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A light, long-handled frame with strings used to hit the shuttlecock in badminton
A light frame with a long handle and small head used to hit the shuttlecock in badminton
How Physical
Surface Forms
Etymology
Badminton comes from Badminton House, the name of a large English 'country house' where people first played the modern form of the game in the 1800s. So the sport is simply named after that place, which is why the word sounds like a place name.