Definition of "skittle" [skit•tle]

• A British form of ninepins, in which a wooden disk or ball is thrown to knock down the pins. (noun)
• One of the pins used in skittles. (noun)

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• "IN THE COMMENTS: Here's how my ultra-sophisticated commenter Bissage clues me in that "skittle" is the wrong word:"
• "In his quotations from other authors he embodies variations which stand already severely condemned by first-class chess critics in various chess periodicals; and his original researches contain a considerable portion of "skittle" analysis, which does not bear cursory examination."
• "Rehman is bowling over the wicket, into the rough outside the left-hander's off-stump, and he's mixing up his pace, probing away, looking for a rip-snorter that will skittle the skipper."