noun
skittle
Skittle (noun) means one of the wooden pins knocked down in the game of skittles.
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One of the wooden pins knocked down in the game of 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."
— , The January blizzard in the North-East of Scotland (1960)
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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.
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What is the meaning of skittle?
"skittle" (noun) means one of the wooden pins knocked down in the game of skittles.
What is another word for skittle?
Other words for "skittle" include ninepin.
