🎳 A bowling pin 🎳 To play bowling 🎳 A bowling game

to skittle

1 9.2

To play a game in which you roll a ball to knock down pins

verb
/ˈskɪtəl/

: jugar a los birlos

The children laughed as they took turns skittling the pins down with colorful balls.

Examples

Every Friday night, the group would skittle at the village pub.
Last weekend, I learned how to skittle, and it turned out to be a lot more challenging than I expected.
She learned to skittle when visiting her grandparents in the countryside.
Teams from neighboring towns come together annually to skittle in the summer league.
Let's skittle this weekend!
He loves to skittle with his friends.
On Saturday, we gathered for a fun evening of skittling at the local pub with friends.

Compounds

titty skittle

Slang

9.9

A small colorful candy that is flat and round

skittle alley

7.0

A long narrow lane where people roll a ball to knock down pins

skittle ball

6.9

A ball rolled in the game of skittles to knock down pins

skittle pin

6.8

A small wooden target that players knock down in the game of skittles

Surface Forms

skittle infinitive

skittled past

skittled past participle

skittling present participle

skittles third person singular

Etymology

Skittle as a verb comes from the name of the pins and the game, from an old word meaning 'a small stick' or 'something thrown', so to skittle simply means to play the game and try to knock the pins down.