Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun skittle
1 sense of skittle
Sense 1
ninepin, skittle, skittle pin -- (a bowling pin of the type used in playing ninepins or (in England) skittles)
=> bowling pin, pin -- (a club-shaped wooden object used in bowling; set up in triangular groups of ten as the target)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb skittle
1 sense of skittle
Sense 1
skittle -- (play skittles)
=> bowl -- (engage in the sport of bowling; "My parents like to bowl on Friday nights")