HyperDic: skittles

English > 1 sense of the word *skittles*:
NOUN	act	skittles, ninepins	a bowling game that is played by rolling a bowling ball down a bowling alley at a target of nine wooden pins

skittles > pronunciation
Sounds	skih'tahlz
Rhymes	annals ... Urals: 44 rhymes with ahlz...

English > *skittles*: 1 sense > noun 1, act
Meaning	A bowling game that is played by rolling a bowling ball down a bowling alley at a target of nine wooden pins.
Synonym	ninepins
Broader	bowling	A game / game in which balls are rolled at an object or group of objects with the aim of knocking them over or moving them
Spanish	bolos, juego de bolos
Catalan	bitlles, joc de bitlles