First Known Use: 1836
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shuffleboard
noun shuf·fle·board \ˈshə-fəl-ˌbȯrd\
: a game in which players use a long stick with a curved piece at one end to slide discs into scoring areas that are marked on the ground
Full Definition of SHUFFLEBOARD
1
: a game in which players use long-handled cues to shove disks into scoring areas of a diagram marked on a smooth surface
2
: a diagram on which shuffleboard is played
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Origin of SHUFFLEBOARD
alteration of obsolete English shove-board
Rhymes with SHUFFLEBOARD
aboveboard, beaverboard, bottle gourd, centerboard, checkerboard, circuit board, clavichord, College Board, cutting board, daggerboard, disaccord, diving board, drawing board, emery board, fiberboard, fingerboard, free on board, gold record, harpsichord, leaderboard, mortarboard, motherboard, of record, overboard, overlord, paddleboard, paperboard, pinafored, plasterboard, pompadoured, room and board, running board, sandwich board, shoulder board, silver cord, smorgasbord, sounding board, spinal cord, storyboard, sweep the board, tape-record, teeterboard, tetrachord, untoward, weatherboard
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