Meaning & use
badmin
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UK/ˈbædmɪn/
US/ˈbædmɪn/
Meaning
noununcountableinformal
A casual short name for badminton, the racket sport played with a shuttlecock over a net.
Grammar: No article is used for the sport: We play badmin on Thursdays.
Patterns
- play badmin
- a game of badmin
We play badmin at the leisure center every Wednesday.
Are you free for a game of badmin after school?
He joined the university badmin club in his first week.
Common combinations
- play badmin
- They play badmin together every weekend.
- badmin club
- She runs the school badmin club.
- badmin racket
- I bought a new badmin racket yesterday.
- badmin court
- The hall has two badmin courts.
- badmin match
- We won the badmin match easily.
Synonyms and how they differ
- badminton
- Badminton is the full, neutral name and is used in formal or written contexts, while badmin is casual.
- shuttle
- Shuttle usually names the shuttlecock itself, not the game, and is also informal.
- racket sport
- Racket sport is a wider category that includes tennis and squash, whereas badmin names one sport.
Word family
- badminton noun
- the full name of the sport
- shuttlecock noun
- the feathered object hit in the game
- shuttle noun
- short for shuttlecock
Commonly confused: badmin or Bedmin?
badmin vs Bedmin
Bedmin is not an English word, while badmin is a clipped form of badminton.
Practice
After school, we usually play ____ in the sports hall.
Choose one answer.
Badmin is the informal short form of badminton. The other options are misspellings or a different word.
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