skittle
noun/ˈskɪtəl/
Etymology
Origin unknown. Perhaps of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse skutill (“bolt, harpoon”), related to skjóta (“to shoot”), but the OED dismisses this connection as conjecture. The Old Norse word is related to Swedish and Danish skyttel (“shuttle, child's toy”). Compare also Old English sċytel (“a dart, bolt”). More at shuttle.
Definitions
One of the wooden targets used in skittles.
- By the afternoon it seemed as if the storm had passed and that frost was setting in; but in the evening the wind rose to gale force, bringing telegraph poles down like skittles and tangling power and telephone lines.
To play skittles.
(with down) To squander one's money.
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(sometimes with out) To rapidly bowl out a succession of batsmen.
To knock down (skittles).
The neighborhood
- neighborbowling
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA