Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shittlecock

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: shit-tle-cock
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Obsolete spelling of shuttlecock (“the game or the object”).

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"What's the next business after shittlecock, now?"
"Shittlecock toss'd to and fro, Diverts us, and warms the chill Blood […]"
"Seven or eight of them, standing in a circle, were engaged in a game of shittlecock. They had in their hands no battledores. They did not employ the hand or arm, any way, in striking it. But, after taking a short race, and springing from the floor, they met the descending shittlecock with the sole of the foot, and drove it up again, with force, high into the air."

Usage

Inflected Forms

shittlecocks (plural)

Questions

What does shittlecock mean?: Obsolete spelling of shuttlecock (“the game or the object”).

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