Badminton

Definitions

1. 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.
   uncountable
2. A small village and civil parish in South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST8082).
3. A cooling summer drink made with claret, sugar, and soda water.
   countable
4. A community in the Glyncoed area, Blaenau Gwent borough county borough, Wales.

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Examples

“Four pairs of women's doubles badminton players, including the Chinese top seeds, have⟳ been ejected from the Olympic tournament for trying to throw⟳ matches in an effort to secure a more favourable quarter-final draw⟳.”

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