Battledore vs. Badminton

Battledorenoun

A game played with a shuttlecock and rackets (properly battledore and shuttlecock); a forerunner of badminton.

Battledorenoun

The racket used in this game.

Battledorenoun

(obsolete) A child's hornbook for learning the alphabet.

Battledorenoun

(historical) A bat or beetle used in washing clothes.

Battledorenoun

same as battledoor.

Battledorenoun

a light long-handled racket used by badminton players

Battledorenoun

an ancient racket game

Badmintonnoun

A racquet sport played indoors on a court by two opposing players (singles) or two opposing pairs of players (doubles), in which a shuttlecock is volleyed over a net and the competitions are presided by an umpire in British English and a referee in American English.

Badmintonnoun

A cooling summer drink made with claret, sugar, and soda water.

Badmintonnoun

A game, similar to lawn tennis, played with shuttlecocks.

Badmintonnoun

A preparation of claret, spiced and sweetened.

Badmintonnoun

a game played on a court with light long-handled rackets used to volley a shuttlecock over a net

Badmintonnoun

a game with rackets in which a shuttlecock is hit back and forth across a net.

Badminton

Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are (with one player per side) and (with two players per side).