Quoit

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Upper Northern U.S. A game in which flat rings of iron or rope are pitched at a stake, with points awarded for encircling it.
  • n. Upper Northern U.S. One of the rings used in this game.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. a flat disc of metal or stone thrown at a target in the game of quoits
  • n. a ring of rubber or rope similarly used in the game of deck-quoits
  • n. the flat stone covering a cromlech
  • v. To play at quoits.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n.
  • n. A flattened ring-shaped piece of iron, to be pitched at a fixed object in play; hence, any heavy flat missile used for the same purpose, as a stone, piece of iron, etc.
  • n. A game played with quoits.
  • n. The discus of the ancients. See Discus.
  • n. A cromlech.
  • verb-intransitive. To throw quoits; to play at quoits.
  • v. To throw; to pitch.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To throw as a quoit; throw.
  • To throw quoits; play at quoits.
  • n. A flattish ring of iron, used in playing a kind of game.
  • n. plural The game played with such rings.
  • n. A quoit-shaped implement used as a weapon of war; a discus.
  • n. In archaeology, same as dolmen.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. game equipment consisting of a ring of iron or circle of rope used in playing the game of quoits
  • Verb Form
    quoited    quoits   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Variant
    discus   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    cromlech    throw    pitch   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts