skittle

noun

A British form of ninepins, in which a wooden disk or ball is thrown to knock down the pins.

noun

One of the pins used in skittles.

To knock over with a skittle-ball; knock down; bowl off.

noun

One of the pins used in the game of skittles.

noun

plural A game played with nine pins set upright at one end of an alley, the object of the player stationed at the other end being to knock over the set of pins with as few throws as possible of a large roundish ball.

adjective

Pertaining to the game of skittles.

adjective

an alley or court in which the game of skittles is played.

adjective

a disk or flattish ball of wood for throwing at the pins in the game of skittles.

noun

one of the wooden targets used in skittles

verb

To play skittles.