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frisbee

noun
/ˈfɹɪzbi/US

Etymology

1957, brand name Frisbee was trademarked in 1959 by Fred Morrison, later acquired by Wham-O. From an alteration of frisbie, applied to the disk game by U.S. college students who tossed pie plates from Mrs. Frisbie's Pies, Frisbie Bakery, Bridgeport Ct., since the 1930s. From the English family name Frisbie, Frisby attested 1226, from the toponym attested 1086 in Frisby on the Wreak, Leicestershire, from Old Danish Frisby (“Frisian village”).

  1. derived from Frisby — “Frisian village”
  2. derived from family name Frisbie

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of Frisbee (an object)

  2. Alternative form of Frisbee (a sport)

  3. Alternative form of Frisbee.

    • Adrian went up to the stereo, took off the record and frisbee'd it out of the open window. Gary watched it skim across the Court.
  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. A trademarked brand name of disc-shaped gliding toy.

    2. A disk-shaped gliding toy, sold under the brand name Frisbee.

    3. A frisbee, a disk-shaped gliding toy of any brand.

    4. frisbee

      frisbee: the sport involving Frisbees.

    5. To throw something in the manner of a Frisbee.

      • The bartender Frisbeed a cardboard coaster to the patron at the end of the bar.

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Derived

frisbee golf, folf, ultimate frisbee, frisbee, frolf

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