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🏸 A badminton object ↔️ To toss back and forth
to shuttlecock

to shuttlecock

7.9
To send something quickly back and forth between people
  • verb
  • /ˈʃʌtəlˌkɒk/
translation icon : intercambiar
  • The coach shuttlecocked the ball back and forth between the players.

Examples

  • The proposal was shuttlecocked between different departments for months before a decision was made.

  • They shuttlecocked the blame, each refusing to accept responsibility for the error.

  • During the meeting, ideas were shuttlecocking back and forth across the table.

  • Can you shuttlecock the messages between the two teams?

  • The students shuttlecocked their ideas during the group discussion, creating an engaging debate.

  • During the meeting, we shuttlecocked questions to and fro, ensuring everyone had a chance to speak.

  • The manager shuttlecocked the project updates between the teams until every concern was addressed.

Synonyms

to ping-pong
vsto shuttlecock
4 3.6

To send something quickly back and forth between two people or options

emphasizes physical sending or tossing repeatedly between people or places

Compounds

shuttlecock fern
  • UK
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

How Rapidly

to volley
1 6.3
to shuttlecock
7.9
to toss
348 1.0
to pass
755 1.0

Surface Forms

shuttlecock infinitive
shuttlecocked past
shuttlecocked past participle
shuttlecocking present participle
shuttlecocks third person singular

Etymology

To shuttlecock comes from the idea of the feathered shuttlecock being hit 'back and forth' across the court like a small bird. So to shuttlecock something is to send or pass it quickly between people or places again and again.