skittles

We have found lemma(root) word of skittles : skittle.

Definitions


[ˈskɪtl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a game played with wooden pins, typically nine in number, set up at the end of an alley to be bowled down with a wooden ball or disc

- a pin used in the game of skittles


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 17th century: of unknown origin. The word skyttel exists in Danish and Swedish in the sense ‘shuttle, child's marble’, but there is no evidence to connect this with the game of skittles


[ˈskɪtl], (Verb)

Definitions:
- knock over as if in a game of skittles
(e.g: she put her hand out and skittled a row of bottles)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 17th century: of unknown origin. The word skyttel exists in Danish and Swedish in the sense ‘shuttle, child's marble’, but there is no evidence to connect this with the game of skittles




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