Noun
A quoit; a circular plate of some heavy material intended to be pitched or hurled as a trial of strength and skill.
The exercise with the discus.
A disk. See Disk.
Source: Webster's dictionaryI don't think the discus will ever attract any interest until they let us start throwing them at one another. Al Oerter
I don't compete with other discus throwers. I compete with my own history. Al Oerter
I started athletics in 1999, throwing discus and shot put. I didn't tell my family when I started boxing. Mary Kom
A discus with more weight in the rim produces greater angular momentum for any given spin rate, and thus more stability, although it is more difficult to throw. Source: Internet
Arcadia’s Shae Watkins (shot put and discus) and Clint Recker (110 hurdles and triple jump) were among several multiple-event winners. Source: Internet
A later and separate English reflex of discus, probably through medieval Latin desca, is desk (see OED s.v. desk). Source: Internet