Shuttle — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers

public transport that consists of a bus or train or airplane that plies back and forth between two points

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ʃˈʌɾəl/

🇬🇧British English

/ʃˈʌtəl/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ʃˈʌtəl/

1 syllable Say it as /ʃˈʌɾəl/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

shuttlecock birdie bird

Parts of Speech

noun	badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers
noun	public transport that consists of a bus or train or airplane that plies back and forth between two points
noun	bobbin that passes the weft thread between the warp threads
verb	travel back and forth between two points

Word Forms

shuttlecock	verb	send or toss to and fro, like a shuttlecock
shuttle	verb	travel back and forth between two points
shuttle	noun	public transport that consists of a bus or train or airplane that plies back and forth between two points

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

pendeln

Badmintonausrüstung, bestehend aus einem Ball aus Kork oder Gummi mit einer Federkrone

🇫🇷French

navette

équipement de badminton constitué d'une balle en liège ou en caoutchouc avec une couronne de plumes

🇪🇸Spanish

lanzadera

Equipo de bádminton compuesto por una pelota de corcho o goma con una corona de plumas.

🇮🇹Italian

navetta

Attrezzatura da badminton costituita da una palla di sughero o di gomma con una corona di piume

🇵🇹Portuguese

transporte

equipamento de badminton composto por uma bola de cortiça ou borracha com uma coroa de penas

🇷🇺Russian

шаттл

снаряжение для бадминтона, состоящее из пробкового или резинового мяча с короной из перьев.

India

🇮🇳Hindi

शटल

बैडमिंटन उपकरण जिसमें पंखों के मुकुट के साथ कॉर्क या रबर की एक गेंद होती है

🇧🇩Bengali

শাটল

পালকের মুকুট সহ কর্ক বা রাবারের বল নিয়ে গঠিত ব্যাডমিন্টন সরঞ্জাম

🇮🇳Tamil

விண்கலம்

இறகுகளின் கிரீடத்துடன் கார்க் அல்லது ரப்பர் பந்து கொண்ட பூப்பந்து உபகரணங்கள்

🇮🇳Telugu

షటిల్

ఈకల కిరీటంతో కార్క్ లేదా రబ్బరు బంతిని కలిగి ఉండే బ్యాడ్మింటన్ పరికరాలు

🇮🇳Marathi

शटल

बॅडमिंटन उपकरणे ज्यामध्ये पिसांचा मुकुट असलेला कॉर्क किंवा रबरचा बॉल असतो

🇮🇳Gujarati

શટલ

બેડમિન્ટન સાધનો જેમાં પીછાના તાજ સાથે કૉર્ક અથવા રબરનો બોલ હોય છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ನೌಕೆ

ಗರಿಗಳ ಕಿರೀಟದೊಂದಿಗೆ ಕಾರ್ಕ್ ಅಥವಾ ರಬ್ಬರ್ ಚೆಂಡನ್ನು ಒಳಗೊಂಡಿರುವ ಬ್ಯಾಡ್ಮಿಂಟನ್ ಉಪಕರಣಗಳು

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഷട്ടിൽ

തൂവലുകളുടെ കിരീടത്തോടുകൂടിയ കോർക്ക് അല്ലെങ്കിൽ റബ്ബർ പന്ത് അടങ്ങുന്ന ബാഡ്മിൻ്റൺ ഉപകരണങ്ങൾ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਸ਼ਟਲ

ਬੈਡਮਿੰਟਨ ਉਪਕਰਣ ਜਿਸ ਵਿੱਚ ਖੰਭਾਂ ਦੇ ਤਾਜ ਦੇ ਨਾਲ ਕਾਰ੍ਕ ਜਾਂ ਰਬੜ ਦੀ ਇੱਕ ਗੇਂਦ ਹੁੰਦੀ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

شٹل

بیڈمنٹن کا سامان جس میں کارک یا ربڑ کی گیند ہوتی ہے جس میں پنکھوں کا تاج ہوتا ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

穿梭

由软木或橡胶制成的球和羽毛冠组成的羽毛球器材

🇯🇵Japanese

シャトル

羽根の冠が付いたコルクまたはゴムのボールで構成されるバドミントン用具

🇰🇷Korean

우주선

깃털로 장식된 코르크나 고무 공으로 구성된 배드민턴 장비

🇻🇳Vietnamese

đưa đón

thiết bị cầu lông bao gồm một quả bóng bằng nút chai hoặc cao su có vương miện bằng lông vũ

🇹🇭Thai

รถรับส่ง

อุปกรณ์แบดมินตันที่ประกอบด้วยลูกบอลที่ทำจากไม้ก๊อกหรือยางที่มีมงกุฎขนนก

🇮🇩Indonesian

antar-jemput

perlengkapan bulu tangkis yang terdiri dari bola gabus atau karet dengan mahkota bulu

🇲🇾Malay

ulang-alik

peralatan badminton yang terdiri daripada bebola gabus atau getah dengan mahkota bulu

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

مكوك

معدات كرة الريشة تتكون من كرة من الفلين أو المطاط مع تاج من الريش

🇮🇷Persian

شاتل

تجهیزات بدمینتون متشکل از یک توپ چوب پنبه یا لاستیک با تاجی از پر

🇹🇷Turkish

mekik

Tüylerden bir taç ile mantar veya kauçuktan oluşan bir badminton ekipmanı

🇮🇱Hebrew

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