/shut"l kok'/ , n.
1. Also called shuttle . the object that is struck back and forth in badminton and battledore, consisting of a feathered cork head and a plastic crown.
2. the game of battledore.
v.t.
3. to send or bandy to and fro like a shuttlecock.
v.i.
4. to move or be bandied to and fro.
adj.
5. of such a state or condition: a shuttlecock existence.
[ 1515-25; SHUTTLE + COCK 1 ]