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skittle

2 syllables
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As a noun, skittle means one of the wooden targets used in skittles. As a verb, it means play skittles.

Meanings of skittle

7 meanings

noun

  1. One of the wooden targets used in skittles.

  2. A bowling pin of the type used in playing ninepins or (in England) skittles

    Similar: ninepin, skittle pin

verb

  1. To play skittles.

  2. (with down) To squander one's money.

  3. cricket(sometimes with out) To rapidly bowl out a succession of batsmen.

  4. figurativelyTo defeat easily.

  5. To knock down (skittles).

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

noun: a bowling pin of the type used in playing ninepins or (in…
ninepinskittle pin

Words that rhyme with skittle

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littlebrittleacquittalbelittlewhittlespittlecommittalkittelkittlenoncommittalsmittletittletransmittalvittle

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