discus

Noun

Meaning

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 dictionary

Synonyms

saucer quoit dial halo pallone bowl polo pall-mall record fives album ball round ring football
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Antonyms

free square zigzag snowboard winter sport winter activity

Hypernyms

fish disk disc field event sports equipment

Phrases with the word

discus proligerous discus oophorus discus ovigerous discus tetra discus nervi optici

Derivatives

discuses disci

Examples

I 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

Close letter words and terms

discursorily discursory discursus discus fish discus nervi optici discus oophorus