Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun 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.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
shovel-board .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See
shovelboard .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
game that involves sliding apuck orcoin along the ground towards a target.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a game in which players use long sticks to shove wooden disks onto the scoring area marked on a smooth surface
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I know of very few educated individuals who truly retire and forevermore watch Roy Rodgers reruns and become proficient in shuffleboard.
Surveys Vs. Revealed Preference, III, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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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.
chicagotribune.com - 2010
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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.
feminist blogs 2009
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We get two pitchers and decide to play table shuffleboard.
Meet Tucker Max Tyler 2009
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Paired with the kinds of things you find at your typical nightspots—i.e. liquor, bottle service, plush couches and, no doubt, plenty of loud music—there will be things you don't usually find, i.e. bocce ball, shuffleboard and miniature golf.
Mulligans Over the Village Marshall Heyman 2011
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We have a game room with a shuffleboard and slot machine.
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The organization is hosting a fundraiser Thursday at Buffalo Billiards that sounds like the perfect guys' night out: Take on the Redskins' Lorenzo Alexander, the Mystics' Chasity Melvin, Patriots cornerback Leigh Bodden or one of 20 other professional athletes in pool, shuffleboard, Wii Bowling or darts, with all the proceeds going to charity.
Nightlife Agenda: Wild Flag, Nouveau Riche and real ale 2011
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We get two pitchers and decide to play table shuffleboard.
Archive 2009-09-20 Tyler 2009
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Onsite activities include tennis, chess on a life-size board, shuffleboard, and hiking through the surrounding woods.
Susan Fogwell: A Summer Getaway to Boothbay Harbor, Maine Susan Fogwell 2011
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We are not looking for shuffleboard and bridge, said Lucie Bauer, a retiree who was teaching an art-history class to seniors at the library.
State's New Trick: Old Dogs Jennifer Levitz 2011
bilby commented on the word shuffleboard
Also shovegroat.
December 15, 2018