Definify.com

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 2024


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.

Derived terms

Related terms

See also