skittle

Origin unknown. Perhaps of North Germanic origin (compare Old Norse skutill (“bolt, harpoon”), Danish skyttel (“shuttle, child's toy”)). Compare also Old English sċytel (“a dart, bolt”). More at shuttle.

• IPA^(key): /ˈskɪtəl/
• Rhymes: -ɪtəl

skittle (plural skittles)

1. One of the wooden targets used in skittles.

skittle (third-person singular simple present skittles, present participle skittling, simple past and past participle skittled)

1. (intransitive) To play skittles.
2. (transitive) To beat comprehensively.
3. (transitive) To knock down.

• bowling

• Kittles, kittles