skittle
- noun
- /ˈskɪtəl/
- UK
:
juego de birlos
- During the holiday, we enjoyed a friendly competition of skittles at the beach, trying to knock down as many pins as possible.
- play skittles
Examples
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Your best man playing skittles with the Australian parliament?
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I actually did some skittles when I first got Nubar 2010, and that's how I found out what colors work well.
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Making the tour of the prison before he left... ...and looking on at a game of skittles... ...with the mixed feelings of an old inhabitant... ...who had his private reasons for believing... ...that it might be his destiny to come back again."
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On Friday nights, my friends and I often go to the local pub to play skittles together.
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The children's party featured a fun game of skittles that kept everyone entertained for hours.
Synonyms
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1.0
A game in which people roll a ball to knock down pins
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7.5
A game on grass where players roll heavy balls to stop near a small ball called the jack
A game where players roll a ball to knock down nine wooden pins
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Etymology
Skittle was first the name for the wooden pins and then for the game itself, coming from an old word for 'a small stick' or 'something thrown', which explains why the whole game is named after the pins you try to knock down.