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skittle

 
Dictionary: skit·tle   (skĭt'l) pronunciation
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.

[Perhaps of Scandinavian origin.]


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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a bowling pin of the type used in ninepins (or (in England) skittles)
  Synonyms: ninepin, skittle pin


The verb skittle has one meaning:

Meaning #1: play skittles


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - kegle
v. tr. - slå ud

Nederlands (Dutch)
kegel, kegelen

Français (French)
n. - quille
v. tr. - jouer aux quilles

Deutsch (German)
n. - Kegel
v. - kegeln

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (το παιγνίδι) τσούνια ή ένα από αυτά, (καθομ.) εύκολος αγώνας ή νίκη
v. - παίζω τσούνια, (καθομ.) χαραμίζω

Italiano (Italian)
birillo, giocare ai birilli

Português (Portuguese)
n. - pino (m) de boliche
v. - eliminar os batedores, no críquete

Русский (Russian)
кегля

Español (Spanish)
n. - bolo
v. tr. - jugar a los bolos

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - kägla
v. - slå ut i snabb följd

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
九柱游戏, 九柱游戏用的小柱, 使击球员连续出局

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 九柱遊戲, 九柱遊戲用的小柱
v. tr. - 使擊球員連續出局

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 영국식 구주희 용의 핀, 구주희 (원반으로 9개 핀을 넘어뜨리는 놀이)
v. tr. - (타자를) 연달아 아웃 시키다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - スキトルズ用のピン, スキトルズ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) أحدى قناني هذه أللعبه, لعبه ألقناني ألخشبيه (فعل) يخرج حامل الضرب بسرعه في لعبه ألكريكت‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮יתד (בכדורת), סוג כדורת‬
v. tr. - ‮הוציא (את החובטים) מהמשחק (קריקט)‬


 
 

 

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