English > badminton: 1 sense > noun 1, act| Meaning | A game / game played on a court with light long-handled rackets used to volley a shuttlecock over a net. |
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| Category of | badminton court | The court on which badminton is played |
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| badminton equipment | equipment for playing the game / game of badminton |
| badminton racket, badminton racquet, battledore | A light long-handled racket used by badminton players |
| cut, undercut | (sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball |
| fault | (sports) a serve that is illegal (e.g., that lands outside the prescribed area) |
| forehand, forehand stroke, forehand shot | (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) |
| rally, exchange | (sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes |
| serve, service | (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play |
| Narrower | battledore, battledore and shuttlecock | An ancient racket game / game |
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| doubles | badminton played with two players on each side |
| singles | badminton played with one person on each side |
| Broader | court game | An athletic game played on a court |
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| Spanish | badminton, bádminton |
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| Catalan | bàdminton |
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