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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A trademark for a plastic disk-shaped toy that players throw and catch.

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  • noun A plastic disk that is thrown with a snap of the wrist so as to spin it to aid in keeping it aloft; used for recreation.
  • noun The sport involving Frisbees.
  • verb To throw something in the manner of a Frisbee.

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  • noun a light, plastic disk about 10 inches in diameter; propelled with a flip of the wrist for recreation or competition

Etymologies

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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 Frisby attested 1226, from the toponym attested 1086 in Frisby on the Wreak, Leicestershire, from Old Danish Frisby ("Frisian village").

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  • JM wondered why the Frisbee was getting bigger, and then it hit him.

    July 13, 2011