Meanings
plural shuffleboards
- uncountableA game that involves sliding a puck or coin towards a target.
Synonyms: shoveboard, shovegroat, shove ha'penny, shovelboard, shufflepuck
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA game that involves sliding a puck or coin towards a target.
nounThe long, narrow board on which this game is played.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna game in which players use long sticks to shove wooden disks onto the scoring area marked on a smooth surface
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From earlier shovillaborde (“shovel board”), an alteration of shove-board, from shove + board.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
shuffleboard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shuffleboard
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