Definition of skittles Skittles

/skɪˈtʌlz/ - [skitulz] -

We found 7 definitions of skittles from 5 different sources.

What does skittles mean?

Noun
skittles - a bowling game that is played by rolling a bowling ball down a bowling alley at a target of nine wooden pins
		ninepins

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skittles (Noun)
Plural of skittle.
skittles (Noun)
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.
skittles (Noun)
An informal form of chess played without a clock.

skittles (v. t.)
An English game resembling ninepins, but played by throwing wooden disks, instead of rolling balls, at the pins.

skittles
skit′lz, n.pl. a game of ninepins in which a flattened ball or thick rounded disc is thrown to knock down the pins—played in a Skitt′le-all′ey, or -ground. In American Bowls, the game is played with ten pins arranged in the form of a triangle, the missile being rolled along a carefully constructed wooden floor.—v.t. Skitt′le, to knock down.—n Skitt′le-ball, the ball thrown in playing at skittles. [A variant of shittle or shuttle.]