badminton
noun
bad·​min·​ton
| \ ˈbad-ˌmi-tᵊn
, -ˌmin-tᵊn\
, -ˌmin-tᵊn\
Definition of badminton
: a court game played with light long-handled rackets and a shuttlecock volleyed over a net
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On descent, the SpaceShipTwo enables its feather configuration, which is a method so the craft’s shape transforms into something similar to a badminton shuttlecock with wings rotating up. — Richard Tribou, orlandosentinel.com, "Virgin Galactic gives inside look to new spaceport," 16 Aug. 2019 Shuangjie wrote of her own — badminton, pingpong, music and writing Chinese characters. — Los Angeles Times, "One is Chinese. One is American. How a journalist discovered and reunited identical twins," 8 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'badminton.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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badminton
noun
English Language Learners Definition of badminton
: a game in which a light feathered object (called a shuttlecock) is hit over a net by players using light rackets
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badminton
noun
bad·​min·​ton
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Kids Definition of badminton
: a game in which a shuttlecock is hit back and forth over a net by players using light rackets
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