Home › Words › B › baddersbaddersbadders means the sport of badminton.EtymologyJocular diminutive with the Oxford "-er".nounThe sport of badminton.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.badmintonist 70% match — A badminton player. vs badders →badminton 68% match — A racquet sport played indoors on a court by two opposing players (singles) or two opposing pairs of players (doubles), in which a shuttlecock is volleyed over a net and the competitions are presided by an umpire in British English and a referee in American English. vs badders →battledore 65% match — A game played with a shuttlecock and rackets (properly battledore and shuttlecock); a forerunner of badminton. vs badders →battleball 59% match — A form of dodgeball. vs badders →racquets 59% match — a game for two or four players, played in an enclosed court with a small hard fast-moving ball vs badders →backswording 56% match — Sport or exercise using a backsword or singlestick. vs badders →netballing 56% match — Playing or relating to the sport of netball. vs badders →downball 55% match — A team ball game played with a bouncy ball that is struck with the hand, usually played against a wall similar to squash or on a court marked with squares. vs badders →