🏸 A badminton object ↔️ To toss back and forth

shuttlecock

4 4.2

A small cone-shaped object with feathers or plastic that players hit in badminton

noun
/ˈʃʌtəlˌkɒk/

: volante

In Abernethy and Russell's study (1987a & 1987b) on badminton, players produced a greater lateral error in predicting the shuttlecock landing position compared to depth error.
hit the shuttlecock

Hey Siri, why does Kansas City have the largest shuttlecocks in the world?

Examples

Prior to the start of the unit, all students in both classes were given the opportunity to serve and continuously hit the shuttlecock across the net with a partner as part of a pre-assessment.

Academic text (2011)
"Big-time athletes over on the other side of the net," Jules is saying to Rainy, who is running back to him with the shuttlecock she rescued two feet from the drop-off into the bay.

Fiction book (1993)
No one knew how to hit the shuttlecock.

Parts: The Clonus Horror (1979)
Here you have everything from the shuttlecocks, the rackets, and the net itself.
Very seldom does one see full use of the trunk, shoulder, arm, or wrist in striking the shuttlecock.

Academic text (1993)
Rainy gives the shuttlecock a light lift over the net, and Java loops it back over, a little more on Jules's side.

Fiction book (1993)
The purpose of the French short serve test is to evaluate the ability to short-serve the badminton shuttlecock and is deemed to be both valid and reliable by the test developers (Strand & Wilson, 1993).

Academic text (1998)
The players expertly hit the shuttlecock back and forth during the badminton match.
As the game progressed, the shuttlecock soared over the net several times.
She practiced her serve to ensure the shuttlecock would land in the designated area.

Synonyms

shuttle

vsshuttlecock

20 3.2

A light feathered object hit over the net in badminton

is the cone-shaped version struck back and forth in racket games

bird

vsshuttlecock

17 7.2

A small object with feathers that is hit over a net in badminton

is described as a light cone-shaped projectile with feathers or synthetics

birdie

vsshuttlecock

3 4.1

A light object with feathers or plastic used in badminton instead of a ball

is the standard cone-shaped piece made of cork or rubber with feathers or synthetics

Compounds

shuttlecock fern

1 9.9

A tall fern with long arching leaves that look like a feather

battledore and shuttlecock

Archaic

9.9

An old game where players use small rackets to keep a feathered shuttlecock in the air as long as possible

Surface Forms

shuttlecock singular

shuttlecocks plural

Morphology

shuttlecock = shuttle + cock (opaque) = shuttle + cock

The meaning of 'shuttlecock' as a badminton object is not directly derivable from the meanings of 'shuttle' and 'cock'.

Etymology

The word shuttlecock joins shuttle, meaning 'back and forth', and cock, meaning a 'small bird', because early versions were made with feathers and looked like a little bird in flight. So a shuttlecock is the light, feathered object you hit in badminton that flies quickly across the net.