badminton

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bad·min·ton BrE [ˈbædmɪntən] NAmE [ˈbædmɪntən] noun uncountable
a game like ↑tennis played by two or four people, usually indoors. Players hit a small light kind of ball, originally with feathers around it (= a ↑shuttlecock ) across a high net using a ↑racket.

Word Origin:
[badminton] named after Badminton in SW England, country seat of the Duke of Beaufort.