shuffleboard

[ shuhf-uhl-bawrd, -bohrd ]

/ ˈʃʌf əlˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd /

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noun

a game in which standing players shove or push wooden or plastic disks with a long cue toward numbered scoring sections marked on a floor or deck.

the board or marked surface, as on a floor or deck, on which this game is played.

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Origin of shuffleboard

First recorded in 1525–35; alteration of earlier shove board

Words nearby shuffleboard

shucks, shudder, shuddering, Shudra, shuffle, shuffleboard, shuffle off, shuffle play, shuffler, shuffling, shufty

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How to use shuffleboard in a sentence

To be clear, dedicated spaces exist, where self-proclaimed naturists congregate to swat badminton birdies and slide shuffleboard pucks with their appendages flapping.
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We spar intellectually over the office shuffleboard one moment and then grab a pizza together the next.
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For the sake of simplicity, let's go with "team shuffleboard on ice."
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Time magazine later put Webb on its cover in front of a shuffleboard court.
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Mr. Watson went below, and Mr. Sabin played shuffleboard with his usual deadly skill.
Mysterious Mr. Sabin|E. Phillips Oppenheim
We played ring-toss and shuffleboard together, and became of a friendship which lasts to this day.
Literary Friends And Acquaintances|William Dean Howells
Shuffleboard parties at one point and ring-toss parties at another were forming among the young people.
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A game called Shuffleboard was introduced with trenchers about 1½ inch thick and 10 in.
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You organize shuffleboard; you organize public worship; you want to organize musicales.
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British Dictionary definitions for shuffleboard

shuffleboard

/ (ˈʃʌfəlˌbɔːd) /

noun

a game in which players push wooden or plastic discs with a long cue towards numbered scoring sections marked on a floor, esp a ship's deck

the marked area on which this game is played

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