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How to use skittle in a sentence

10 example sentences · noun, verb

Skittle means one of the wooden targets used in skittles. Example: “His team was skittled out for 34.”

Examples of skittle by meaning

nounOne of the wooden targets used in skittles.

  • By the afternoon it seemed as if the storm had passed and that frost was setting in; but in the evening the wind rose to gale force, bringing telegraph poles down like skittles and tangling power and telephone lines.1960 March, “The January blizzard in the North-East of Scotland”, in Trains Illustrated, page 137

More sentences with skittle

  • His team was skittled out for 34.From the entry skittle out
  • Trans people I knew—the cultists! —had insisted that the “titty skittles” would make my breasts grow.2020, Grace Lavery, “Egg Theory's Early Style”, in Transgender Studies Quarterly, page 388. From the entry titty skittle
  • I needed to relieve my stress and have my skittles party in peace.2014, Ni-Ni Simone, Amir Abrams, “Heather”, in Put Your Diamonds Up (Hollywood High), New York, N.Y.: Dafina KTeen Books, Kensington…. From the entry skittles party
  • It just comes to you that everything isn't corn flakes and skittles and beer.2012, Lemmy Kilmister, White Line Fever: Lemmy: The Autobiography. From the entry skittles and beer
  • Kayla even used the nickname for the little blue pills sold as Estrofem: titty skittles.2012, Parmy Olson, We Are Anonymous. From the entry titty skittle
  • "It hasn't all been beer and skittles," he says dryly.2022 October 5, Nick Brodrick, “Pendolinos: a huge role to play”, in RAIL, number 967, page 41. From the entry beer and skittles
  • Called the police on my skittles party!2014, Ni-Ni Simone, Amir Abrams, “Heather”, in Put Your Diamonds Up (Hollywood High), New York, N.Y.: Dafina KTeen Books, Kensington…. From the entry skittles party
  • Being a soldier's wife isn't all beer and skittles.1911, Anthony Hope, chapter 22, in Mrs. Maxon Protests, page 259. From the entry beer and skittles
  • The men of the ARA were fond of repeating chief Cyril Quinn's line that life in the Russian mission was not all "skittles and beer."2002, Bertrand M. Patenaude, The Big Show in Bololand. From the entry skittles and beer

Meaning of skittle

  1. noun One of the wooden targets used in skittles.
  2. verb To play skittles.
  3. verb (with down) To squander one's money.

Full definition of skittle

Questions about skittle in a sentence

How do you use skittle in a sentence?
Skittle is used as a noun and verb. For example: “His team was skittled out for 34.”
What is a short sentence with skittle?
“Called the police on my skittles party!”
What does skittle mean?
Skittle means one of the wooden targets used in skittles.

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