badminton
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.
Other meanings
A cooling summer drink made with claret, sugar and soda water.
Related words
- badmintonist
- badminton court
- badminton racket
- badminton player
- badminton ball
- para-badminton
Example sentences
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This definition is adapted from “badminton” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.