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Discus

🔄 Synonyms of "Discus"

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Word	Definition
saucernoun	A small shallow dish to hold a cup and catch drips.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Discus"

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Word	Definition
saucernoun	A small shallow dish to hold a cup and catch drips.
throwingnoun	The act by which something is thrown.
throwernoun	Someone who throws.
thrownoun	(transitive) To hurl; to release (an object) with some force from one’s hands, an apparatus, etc. so that it moves rapidly through the air.
sionnoun	A municipality and town, the capital of Valais canton, Switzerland.
discus thrownoun	(athletics) An athletic throwing event where the object to be thrown is a heavy lenticular disc called discus.
quoitnoun	A flat disc of metal or stone thrown at a target in the game of quoits.
flying discnoun	(countable) Synonym of frisbee (“the object”).
dartboardnoun	A board used as a target for throwing darts.
disc golfnoun	(sports) A sport (game) in which players take turns to throw a disc (“frisbee”) on a course to eventually reach a goal (target, netting) attempting to reach the target, and then hit it with as few throws as possible. An analogue of golf using a disc (frisbee) instead of a ball, and throws instead of swings of golf clubs.
frisbeenoun	A disk-shaped gliding toy, sold under the brand name Frisbee.
ballnoun	A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.
cagenoun	An enclosure made of bars, normally to hold animals.
flying disc golfnoun	Synonym of disc golf.
dodgeballnoun	A team sport whose main objective is to dodge or catch balls thrown by the opposition.
shuttlecocknoun	(countable) A lightweight object that is conical in shape with a cork or rubber-covered nose, used in badminton the way a ball is used in other racquet games. [from early 16th c.]
squailverb	To throw anything about awkwardly or irregularly.
stickballnoun	A street game similar to baseball, played with a stick, a ball and various ad hoc materials; found primarily in large cities in the northeastern United States.
flechettenoun	A small sharp antipersonnel projectile, used as shrapnel, fired from a shotgun, or scattered from an aircraft.
clay pigeonnoun	A flying target, usually a disc, made of a mixture of pitch and pulverized limestone rock, used as moving target in sport shooting.