badminton

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A racquet sport in which players hit a shuttlecock over a high net, usually played indoors.

   We played badminton in the gym after school.

Common collocations

• badminton racket Noun + noun

The place name is from Old English Badimyncgtun (“estate of (a man called) Baduhelm”), from the personal name *Bad (possibly also found in Frankish Badon) + helm + -ing + -tun.

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