noun.
A racquet sport played indoors on a court by two opposing players (singles) or two opposing pairs of players (doubles), in which a shuttlecock is volleyed over a net and the competitions are presided by an umpire in British English and a referee in American English.
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noun.
a game played on a court with light long-handled rackets used to volley a shuttlecock over a net