present participle of skittle

simple past tense and past participle of skittle

plural of skittle

(mostly British, uncountable) A pub game in which a ball is rolled down a wooden alley in order to knock down as many of the nine skittles as possible.

(intransitive) To play skittles. / (transitive) (with down) To squander one's money. / (transitive, cricket) (sometimes with out) To rapidly bowl out a succession of batsmen.

One of the wooden targets used in skittles.

(chiefly UK, idiomatic) Fun times; pleasure and leisure.

(bowling) The long narrow building in which skittles is played.

(cricket, transitive) To dismiss (batsmen) quickly.

plural of skittle-dog