skittles

skit·tle

S0455700 (skĭt′l)n.1. skittles(used with a sing. verb) A British form of ninepins, in which a wooden disk or ball is thrown to knock down the pins.2. One of the pins used in skittles.

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[Perhaps of Scandinavian origin.]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

skittles - a bowling game that is played by rolling a bowling ball down a bowling alley at a target of nine wooden pinsninepinsbowling - a game in which balls are rolled at an object or group of objects with the aim of knocking them over or moving them

Translations

九柱戏撞柱戏

skittle

(ˈskitl) noun a bottle-shaped, usually wooden object used as a target for knocking over in the game of skittles. 撞柱遊戲的瓶狀木柱 九柱游戏用的小柱ˈskittles noun singular a game in which the players try to knock down a number of skittles with a ball. a game of skittles; Do you play skittles?; (also adjective) a skittles match. 撞柱遊戲 九柱戏，撞柱戏