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discus

noun
/ˈdɪs.kəs/CA

Etymology

1656. From Latin discus, from Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos, “disk, quoit, platter”). Doublet of dais, desk, disc, dish, disk, and diskos.

  1. derived from δίσκος — “disk, quoit, platter”
  2. derived from discus

Definitions

  1. A round plate-like object that is thrown for sport.

    • He Robert Garrett] won even though he hadn't ever touched a real discus until just before the event was held.
    • [Gerd] Kanter had agreed to demonstrate his throwing skill on Friday, but rather than bringing his own discuses—he usually travels with about five of them, […]

  2. The athletics event of discus throw.

    • For two years Templeton has given individual attention to Krenz. The young man has reciprocated by giving at least two hours each day to practice in the shot and discus.
    • And Chris Martin took a silver medal in the discus on the opening day in the Bird's Nest, […]

  3. A discus fish (genus Symphysodon)

    • The main body of the Amazon River is too fast, too deep, and too silt laden for discus.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A chakram.

      • And Narayana instantly cut off with his discus the well-adorned head of the Danava who was drinking the Amrita without permission.
      • If with a discus with an edge sharp as a razor he should make all the living creatures on the earth one heap, one mass, of flesh, […]

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for discus. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA