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.

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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