BADMINTON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does badminton mean? 

• BADMINTON (noun)
  The noun BADMINTON has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: BADMINTON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BADMINTON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("badminton" is a kind of...):

court game (an athletic game played on a court)

Domain member category:

cut; undercut ((sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball)

forehand; forehand shot; forehand stroke ((sports) a return made with the palm of the hand facing the direction of the stroke (as in tennis or badminton or squash))

forehand drive ((sports) hard straight return made on the forehand side (as in tennis or badminton or squash))

serve; service ((sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play)

fault ((sports) a serve that is illegal (e.g., that lands outside the prescribed area))

exchange; rally ((sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes)

badminton court (the court on which badminton is played)

badminton equipment (equipment for playing the game of badminton)

badminton racket; badminton racquet; battledore (a light long-handled racket used by badminton players)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "badminton"):

battledore; battledore and shuttlecock (an ancient racket game)

singles (badminton played with one person on each side)

doubles (badminton played with two players on each side)