shuffleboard
[ shuhf-uh l-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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Nearby words
shudderingly, shudra, shuffle, shuffle off, shuffle play, shuffleboard, shuffler, shuffling, shufflingly, shufty, shufu
Origin of shuffleboard
First recorded in 1525–35; alteration of earlier shove board
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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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Word Origin and History for shuffleboard
shuffleboard
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.
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