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skittles
/ˈskɪtəlz/
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What does skittles mean?
noun
- A pub game in which a ball is rolled down a wooden alley in order to knock down as many of the nine skittles as possible.
- An informal form of chess played without a clock.
verb
- third-person singular simple present indicative of skittle
More meanings (1)
noun
- plural of skittle
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈskɪtəlz/
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See this word in context.
But I heard, afterwards, that he was seen to play a lively game at skittles, before noon.
“They received me and my news as one receives a dog in a game of skittles,” said he in conclusion.
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But he was a master of skittles and of dominoes.
Still in North Germany does the peasant say of thunder, that the angels are playing skittles aloft, and of the snow, that they are shaking up the feather-beds in heaven.
Here they work, read, play at skittles, and other games; and when the weather does not admit of their taking exercise out of doors, pass the day together.