'Shuttlecock' definitions:

Definition of 'shuttlecock'

noun

Badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers [syn: shuttlecock, bird, birdie, shuttle]

verb

Send or toss to and fro, like a shuttlecock

From: GCIDE

Shuttlecock \Shut"tle*cock`\, n. A cork stuck with feathers, which is to be struck by a battledoor in play; also, the play itself. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Shuttlecock \Shut"tle*cock\, v. t. To send or toss to and fro; to bandy; as, to shuttlecock words. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster]