skit·tle

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• skit|tle — …   Useful english dictionary

• skit — skit·swish; skit·ta·get; skit·ta·getan; skit·tery; skit·tish; skit·tler; skit; skit·ter; skit·tle; skit·er; skit·tish·ly; skit·tish·ness; …   English syllables

• tle — abris·tle; abus·tle; apos·tle; apos·tle·hood; apos·tle·ship; bait·tle; bat·tle·dore; bat·tle·ment; bat·tle·ment·ed; bat·tle·some; be·lit·tle; be·lit·tle·ment; bot·tle·ful; bris·tle·less; brus·tle; but·tle; cac·o·mis·tle; cas·tle·ry; cas·tle·ward; …   English syllables

• skittle — skit·tle …   English syllables

• skittle — skit|tle [ˈskıtl] n 1.) skittles[U] a British game in which a player tries to knock down objects shaped like bottles by rolling a ball at them 2.) one of the objects you roll the ball at in the game of skittles …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• skittle — skit•tle [[t]ˈskɪt l[/t]] n. 1) brit. skittles, (used with a sing. v.) ninepins in which a wooden ball or disk is used to knock down the pins 2) brit. one of the pins used in this game • Etymology: 1625–35; perh. < Scand; cf. ON skutill… …   From formal English to slang

• Skittle — Skit tle, a. Pertaining to the game of skittles. [1913 Webster] {Skittle alley}, an alley or court in which the game of skittles is played. {Skittle ball}, a disk or flattish ball of wood for throwing at the pins in the game of skittles. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Skittle alley — Skittle Skit tle, a. Pertaining to the game of skittles. [1913 Webster] {Skittle alley}, an alley or court in which the game of skittles is played. {Skittle ball}, a disk or flattish ball of wood for throwing at the pins in the game of skittles.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Skittle ball — Skittle Skit tle, a. Pertaining to the game of skittles. [1913 Webster] {Skittle alley}, an alley or court in which the game of skittles is played. {Skittle ball}, a disk or flattish ball of wood for throwing at the pins in the game of skittles.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Skittle-dog — Skit tle dog , n. (Zo[ o]l.) The piked dogfish. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English