🇬🇧 Badminton meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

Badminton is a sport where two or four people stand on opposite sides of a net and use rackets to hit a small object called a shuttlecock, or birdie, back and forth. The shuttlecock is light and often has feathers or a feather shape, so it flies differently from a ball. Players try to hit the shuttlecock over the net and land it on the other side so the other team can’t hit it back in time.

Our badminton game ended when the shuttlecock flew into space, or at least onto the roof.

I yelled “Fear my badminton skills!” and then tripped over my own shoelace before serving.

In invisible badminton, we pretend there’s a shuttlecock and argue about who missed it first.

I tried to play badminton, but I missed the shuttlecock and high-fived the air instead.

Grandpa said he was a badminton champion, then swung his racket and hit his own head.

In the park two kids play badminton. One holds a badminton racket and runs. The feather ball flies over the high net in the sun. They laugh and hit the feather ball in a fast badminton game. A dog runs and watches the badminton. At the end they hug and say, "Good badminton!"

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This word is at the A1 level, which means it is one of the first words you learn when starting English. It’s commonly used in everyday conversations and helps you communicate basic ideas like greetings, family, or daily activities.

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