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skittle Definition


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skittle
noun
    1. Each of the upright bottle-shaped wooden or plastic targets used in a game of skittles.
    2. A game in which balls are rolled down an alley towards a set of nine of the above targets, the object being to knock over as many of these as possible.
      Form: skittles
Etymology: 17c: perhaps from Norse skutill, and related to Danish skyttel shuttle.



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