Definition of "badminton" []

• A sport played by volleying a shuttlecock back and forth over a high narrow net by means of a light, long-handled racket. (noun)

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• "Families gardened and used their backyards more (the 1930s saw a renaissance in badminton); in the evenings they gathered around the radio, worked on jigsaw puzzles (another 1930s craze), played cards and, of course, Monopoly (an irony-heavy product of the Depression)."
• ""My father said, 'Join badminton — if you like it, continue,'" she says."
• "Korea's Hwang Jiman after winning the bronze medal in badminton with Lee Jaejin, who appears to be on the bubble."