Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Shuttlecock \Shut"tle*cock`\, n.
   A cork stuck with feathers, which is to be struck by a
   battledoor in play; also, the play itself.

Shuttlecock \Shut"tle*cock\, v. t.
   To send or toss to and fro; to bandy; as, to shuttlecock
   words. --Thackeray.

Source : WordNet®

shuttlecock
     n : badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber
         with a crown of feathers [syn: {bird}, {birdie}, {shuttle}]
     v : send or toss to and fro, like a shuttlecock