shuffleboard
pronunciation
How to pronounce shuffleboard in British English:
UK [ˈʃʌflbɔ:d]
How to pronounce shuffleboard in American English:
US [ˈʃʌflbɔrd]
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- Noun:
- a game in which players use long sticks to shove wooden disks onto the scoring area marked on a smooth surface
Word Origin
- shuffleboard (n.)
- 1530s, shovillaborde "shovel board," an unexplained alteration of shove-board (1520s), from shove (v.) + board (n.1). Originally a tabletop game (c. 1600), the large-scale version (1877) was invented for play on ocean liners.
Example
- 1. Play sponge bob square pants jellyfish shuffleboard .
- 2. Is shuffleboard a game of chance or a game of skill ?
- 3. Each summer sees our snack shop open at our outdoor pool located in our one of a kind courtyard with magnolia trees , waterwheel and shuffleboard .