shuttlecock
nounThe object hit back and forth over the net in badminton, consisting of a conical array of feathers or a conical plastic mesh attached to a small rounded end of cork or rubber.
intransitive verbTo throw or send back and forth like a shuttlecock.
nounA piece of cork, or of similar light material, in one end of which feathers are stuck, made to be struck by a battledore in play; also, the play or game. See phrase below.
nounA malvaceous shrub, Periptera punicea of Mexico, the only species of a still dubious genus. It has crimson flowers and a many-celled radiate capsule, one or other suggesting the name.
To throw or bandy backward and forward like a shuttlecock.
nounA cork stuck with feathers, which is to be struck by a battledoor in play; also, the play itself.
transitive verbTo send or toss to and fro; to bandy.
nounA
To move rapidly back and forth
verbTo send or toss back and forth; to