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badmintons

badmintons is the plural of badminton.

Meaning of badminton

Noun

badminton (countable and uncountable, plural badmintons)

  1. (uncountable) A racquet sport played indoors on a court by two opposing players (singles) or two opposing pairs of players (doubles), in which a shuttlecock is volleyed over a net and the competitions are presided by an umpire in British English and a referee in American English.
    • Four pairs of women's doubles badminton players, including the Chinese top seeds, have been ejected from the Olympic tournament for trying to throw matches in an effort to secure a more favourable quarter-final draw.2012 August 1, Peter Walker, Haroon Siddique, “Eight Olympic badminton players disqualified for 'throwing games'”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 01 Aug 2024
    Synonyms:
    badders
  2. (countable) A cooling summer drink made with claret, sugar, and soda water.

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Questions about badmintons

What is badmintons the plural of?
Badmintons is the plural of badminton.

Words near badmintons in the dictionary

  1. badminton rackets
  2. badminton racquet
  3. badminton racquets
  4. badmintonist
  5. badmintonists
  6. badmintons
  7. badmitten
  8. badmouth
  9. badmouthed
  10. badmouther
  11. badmouthers

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