badminton

/ˈbæd.mɪn.tən/noun

A chilled summer drink made by mixing claret with sugar and soda water.

Example sentence

“The guests cooled off with glasses of badminton on the terrace.”

To nearly all speakers this means the racket sport played with a shuttlecock; the claret drink sense is a Victorian curiosity.

Related words

cricketAn outdoor team sport in which two sides of eleven players use a bat and ball, widely played in England and Commonwealth nations.handballA team game in which two sides of seven players each throw and bounce a ball, trying to get it into the other team's goal.rugbyA team sport played with an oval ball that players may carry, pass, or kick.volleyballA sport in which two teams of two to six players hit a ball back and forth across a net on a rectangular court.hockeyA group of sports in which players use curved sticks to drive a ball or puck into the other team's goal.baseballThe ball that players hit, throw, and catch in the game of baseball.