skittles
7.4
A game where players roll a ball to knock down nine wooden pins
- noun
- /ˈskɪtəlz/
- UK
:
bolos
- We spent the afternoon at the pub, playing a lively game of skittles.
Examples
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He knocked down all nine pins in one turn of skittles.
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Traditional skittles are still popular in some English villages.
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They played skittles at the pub last night.
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Have you ever tried skittles?
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We spent the afternoon at the pub, playing a lively game of skittles.
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He knocked down all nine pins in one turn of skittles.
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Traditional skittles are still popular in some English villages.
Synonyms
7.5
A game where you roll a ball to knock down nine wooden pins
is chiefly used in Britain for the same game
How Competitive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Skittles comes from an old word scyttel meaning 'a thing thrown'. That's a helpful image: the game is named for the wooden pins you knock down by rolling or throwing a ball, so the name connects directly to how you play.