skittles
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skit·tle
(skĭt′l)n.
1. skittles(used with a sing. verb) A British form of ninepins, in which a wooden disk or ball is thrown to knock down the pins.
2. One of the pins used in skittles.
[Perhaps of Scandinavian origin.]
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Noun | 1. | skittles - a bowling game that is played by rolling a bowling ball down a bowling alley at a target of nine wooden pins bowling - a game in which balls are rolled at an object or group of objects with the aim of knocking them over or moving them |
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kuželky
kegle-keglespil
tekejáték
keila
dokuz kuka oyunu
skittle
(ˈskitl) noun a bottle-shaped, usually wooden object used as a target for knocking over in the game of skittles.
ˈskittles noun singular a game in which the players try to knock down a number of skittles with a ball. a game of skittles; Do you play skittles?; (also adjective) a skittles match.
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