Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A disk, typically wooden, plastic, or rubber with a metal rim, that is thrown for distance in athletic competitions.
- noun A track-and-field event in which a discus is thrown.
- noun Any of several small colorful South American freshwater fish of the genus Symphysodon that have a disk-shaped body and are popular in home aquariums.
- noun Something resembling a flat circular plate; a disk.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In classical antiquity, a circular piece of stone or plate of metal, about 12 inches in diameter, pitched from a fixed point to the greatest possible distance, as a gymnastic exercise and as an athletic contest.
- noun In anatomy, physical, zoology, and botany, a disk of any kind.
- noun [capitalized] In zoöl.: A genus of mollusks, A genus of acalephs.
- noun A genus of scombroid fishes.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A quoit; a circular plate of some heavy material intended to be pitched or hurled as a trial of strength and skill.
- noun The exercise with the discus.
- noun A disk. See
Disk .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A round
plate -like object that isthrown forsport . - noun uncountable The
athletics sport of discus throwing. - noun A
discus fish . - noun rare, dated A
chakram .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a disk used in throwing competitions
- noun an athletic competition in which a disk-shaped object is thrown as far as possible
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The 2007 USA champion in discus is also a six-time USA runner-up (1997, 2000-03 and
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Shot put and discus is a lot of explosion and technique, which is very similar to playing left tackle.
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I competed at the state level in discus and shot, and was the only girl on the golf team -- at the time, there wasn't a separate system for women golfers.
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I competed at the state level in discus and shot, and was the only girl on the golf team -- at the time, there wasn't a separate system for women golfers.
December 2007 2007
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Four-time NCAA champion in discus at UCLA; also won indoor and outdoor shot put her senior year.
USATODAY.com 2005
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• Hungary's discus gold medalist, Robert Fazekas, lost his gold medal in discus for allegedly tampering with a drug test.
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• The cells that attached to the wall of the follicle are given the name discus proligerus.
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The discus was a round, flat piece of stone or metal, and the athletes tried to see who could throw it farthest.
Ritchie's Fabulae Faciles A First Latin Reader John [Editor] Kirtland
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This is termed the discus proligerus, and in it the ovum is imbedded.
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In the Oriental liturgies there is placed upon the altar a vessel called the discus, analogous to the paten, but it is of considerably larger size.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
Prolagus commented on the word discus
Have you and her been taking pictures of your obsessions?
Because I met a boy who went through one of your sessions
In his blue velour and silk
You liberated
A boy I never rated
And now he's throwing discus
For Liverpool and Widnes
You liberated
A boy I never rated
And now he's doing business
(The stars of track and field, by Belle and Sebastian)
August 24, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word discus
This beautiful song has been horribly stuck in my head since 7 am today.
September 3, 2008