skittles

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈskɪtəlz/
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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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Noun

skittles

  1. plural of skittle

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