[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

skittles \skit"tles\, n. pl. of scand. origin. root159. see
   shoot, v. t., and cf. shuttle, skit, v. t.
   an english game resembling ninepins, but played by throwing
   wooden disks, instead of rolling balls, at the pins.
   1913 webster
see also:
shoot shuttle skit 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

skittles
     n : bowling down an alley at a target of nine wooden pins syn:
         ninepins
see also:
ninepins 

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