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Webster 1913 Edition

Skittles

Skit′tles

,
Noun.
pl.
[Of Scand. origin. √159. See
Shoot
,
Verb.
T.
, and cf.
Shuttle
,
Skit
,
Verb.
T.
]
An English game resembling ninepins, but played by throwing wooden disks, instead of rolling balls, at the pins.

Webster 1828 Edition

Skittles

SKIT'TLES

,
Noun.
Nine pins.

Definition 2025

skittles

skittles

English

'Game of Skittles', copy of painting by Pieter de Hooch, Cincinnati Art Museum

Noun

skittles

  1. plural of skittle

Noun

skittles ‎(uncountable)

  1. (mostly British, uncountable) A pub game in which a ball is rolled down a wooden alley in order to knock down as many of the nine skittles as possible.
  2. (uncountable, chiefly chess) An informal form of chess played without a clock.

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