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Definition of "shuffleboard" [shuf•fle•board]

  • A game in which disks are slid with a pronged cue along a smooth level surface toward one of two usually triangular targets painted on the surface and divided into numbered scoring areas. (noun)
  • A surface on which this game is played. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "shuffleboard" in a sentence
  • "I know of very few educated individuals who truly retire and forevermore watch Roy Rodgers reruns and become proficient in shuffleboard."
  • "As with every Lonely Planet book, a big part of the fun is perusing the many fascinating sidebars, such as the brief description of curling, one of Canada's national sports ( "loosely defined as shuffleboard on ice") - every town in the region has a curling club - or their concise sketch of the three main highways that run through the Yukon."
  • "With comedian Jeff Hiller MCing and set around Galapagos's large pond, the event will feature politically-themed cruise games such as shuffleboard and lame 'rubber duckie "races, as well as drink specials, comedians, musicians, DJs and hundreds of young activists."