<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>Also called shuttle: The object that is struck back and forth in badminton and battledore, consisting of a feathered cork head and a plastic crown.</li><li>The game of battledore.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb:</strong></p><ul><li>(Used with object) To send or bandy to and fro like a shuttlecock.</li><li>(Used without object) To move or be bandied to and fro.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective:</strong></p><ul><li>Of such a state or condition: a shuttlecock existence.</li></ul>