資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Skittles \Skit"tles\, n. pl. [Of Scand. origin. [root]159. 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.

資料來源 : WordNet®

skittles
     n : bowling down an alley at a target of nine wooden pins [syn:
         {ninepins}]