<p><strong>noun</strong></p><ul><li>Also called battledore and shuttlecock.</li><li>a game from which badminton was developed, played since ancient times in India and other Asian countries.</li><li>a light racket for striking the shuttlecock in this game.</li><li>a 17th- and 18th-century hornbook of wood or cardboard, used as a child's primer.</li></ul><p><strong>verb</strong></p><ul><li>to toss or fly back and forth: to battledore the plan among one's colleagues.</li></ul>