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Quoit

/kɔɪt/

A flat disc of metal or stone thrown at a target in the game of quoits.

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📖 Definitions of "Quoit"

noun

1
A flat disc of metal or stone thrown at a target in the game of quoits.
2
A ring of rubber or rope similarly used in the game of deck-quoits.
3
The flat stone covering a cromlech.
4
The discus used in ancient sports.

verb

1
To play quoits.
2
To throw as with a quoit.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Quoit"

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Word	Definition
horseshoesnoun	The game played by throwing horseshoes toward a metal stake.
decknoun	(card games) A pack or set of playing cards.
quoiternoun	One who plays the game of quoits.
squailverb	To throw anything about awkwardly or irregularly.
quafflenoun	A ball used in the sports of Quidditch and Muggle Quidditch.
discusnoun	A round plate-like object that is thrown for sport.
croquetnoun	(uncountable, games) A game played on a lawn, in which players use mallets to drive balls through hoops (wickets).
flechettenoun	A small sharp antipersonnel projectile, used as shrapnel, fired from a shotgun, or scattered from an aircraft.
quidditchnoun	A fictional ball game played between two teams of seven players riding flying broomsticks, using four balls and six elevated ring-shaped goals.
quadballnoun	(sports, uncountable, neologism) A co-ed contact ball sport created as a ground-based adaptation of Quidditch, featuring the same positions, balls, and goals as the fictional sport, but with the players clutching broomsticks and a human "snitch runner" carrying the snitch (an autonomous magical device in the Harry Potter novels).
roquenoun	(US) A form of croquet using short-handled mallets, and played on a hard surface.
dartboardnoun	A board used as a target for throwing darts.
boulesnoun	bowls; a game played with metal balls.
jukskeinoun	(South Africa, uncountable) A traditional game similar to quoits played by throwing the skei at the yoke.
squailsnoun	The game of ninepins.
quintillenoun	A form of ombre (card game) for five players
boulenoun	One of the bowls used in the French game of boules.
teniquoitsnoun	Alternative form of tennikoit. [(uncountable) A sport resembling tennis, played with a rubber ring instead of a ball.]
stakenoun	A share or interest in a business or a given situation.
qualienoun	(obsolete) A cauldron.