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skit |
skitter |
skittish |
skittishly |
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skittle
| skittle alley
| skittle ball
| skittle pin
| skittle-dog
| skittles
skittle
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun skittle has 1 sense
- skittle(n = noun.artifact) ninepin, skittle pin - a bowling pin of the type used in playing ninepins or (in England) skittles; Array is a kind of bowling pin, pin
Derived form verb skittle1
Verb skittle has 1 sense
- skittle(v = verb.competition) Array - play skittles; Array is one way to bowl
Derived form noun skittle1
Sample sentence:
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CIDE DICTIONARY
skittle, a.
Pertaining to the game of skittles. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
skittle, n. & v.
--n.
1 a pin used in the game of skittles.
2 (in pl.; usu. treated as sing.) a a game like ninepins played with usu. nine wooden pins set up at the end of an alley to be bowled down usu. with wooden balls or a wooden disc. b (in full table skittles) a game played with similar pins set up on a board to be knocked down by swinging a suspended ball. c colloq. chess not played seriously.
--v.tr. (often foll. by out) Cricket get (batsmen) out in rapid succession.
--n.
1 a pin used in the game of skittles.
2 (in pl.; usu. treated as sing.) a a game like ninepins played with usu. nine wooden pins set up at the end of an alley to be bowled down usu. with wooden balls or a wooden disc. b (in full table skittles) a game played with similar pins set up on a board to be knocked down by swinging a suspended ball. c colloq. chess not played seriously.
--v.tr. (often foll. by out) Cricket get (batsmen) out in rapid succession.
Etymology
17th c. (also kittle-pins): orig. unkn.
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