Crossword-Solution: SHUTTLECOCK
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Shuttlecock | n. | A cork stuck with feathers, which is to be struck by a battledoor in play; also, the play itself. |
| Shuttlecock | v. t. | To send or toss to and fro; to bandy; as, to shuttlecock words. |
We have 9 clues for the answer “SHUTTLECOCK”
| Clue | Answers |
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| *Feathered flyer that's sliced and shot | 1 answer |
| Badminton prop | 1 answer |
| It has feathers and may be airborne | 1 answer |
| NET and racquet game | 1 answer |
| Pass back and forth | 1 answer |
| used in badminton | 1 answer |
| Badmin-ton need | 12 answers |
| "___ Birdie." | 15 answers |
| "Bird" | 138 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
EETRA
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with SHUTTLECOCK (5)
Above all, he must not be deluded into believing that his condition can be permanently bettered by a mere battledoor [sic] and shuttlecock of words, or by any process of mere mental gymnastics or oratory.
When young Diamond found this, he thought he might venture to take up the dropt shuttlecock of the conversation.
Our national game is the shuttlecock, which we toss from one to another over our shoulders, hitting the shuttlecock with the flat soles of the shoes we are wearing.
These were usually texts of Scripture which, sometimes damnatory and sometimes favorable, would come in a half‐hallucinatory form as if they were voices, and fasten on his mind and buffet it between them like a shuttlecock.
There was no harm in him—he had a great aversion to shedding blood: which was something—but, he was a weak, silly, helpless young man, and a mere shuttlecock to the great lordly battledores about the Court.
Quotes with SHUTTLECOCK (3)
Me and Jason against you and Stacy.” Alana handed Alexis a badminton racket and grinned. “Yay,” Alexis said without even a smidgeon of enthusiasm. “Do you want to serve?” Stacy asked Alexis when Jason and Alana moved to the other side of the net. “Serve you what? There’s no staff here to take care of your every whim, princess,” Alexis said lowly so the others wouldn’t hear. Stacy recoiled at the remark, then her temper flared. “You know what I was asking,” she replied coolly.…
It is advantageous to an author that his book should be attacked as well as praised. Fame is a shuttlecock. If it be struck at one end of the room, it will soon fall to the ground. To keep it up, it must be struck at both ends.
I'm substantially concerned about the policy directions of the space agency. We have a situation in the U.S. where the White House and Congress are at odds over what the future direction should be. They're sort of playing a game and NASA is the shuttlecock that they're hitting back and forth.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Newsday, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 3 times in crossword archives (1998–2018).