Frisbee
A disk-shaped gliding toy, sold under the brand name FrisbeeA disk-shaped gliding toy, sold under the brand name Frisbee.
» Tom caught the frisbee with one hand.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)A disk-shaped gliding toy, sold under the brand name Frisbee.
Frisbee, Wurfscheibe, Frisbeescheibe
лета́ющий дискletájuščij disk, лета́ющая таре́лкаletájuščaja tarélka
фрісбіfrisbi
(broadly, countable, uncountable)A frisbee, a disk-shaped gliding toy of any brand.
(uncountable)Frisbee: the sport involving Frisbees.
Frisbee
- a light, plastic disk about 10 inches in diameter; propelled with a flip of the wrist for recreation or competition
Examples
18 sentencesTom caught the frisbee with one hand.
Tom is outside playing frisbee with his dog.
ruТом на улице играет со своей собакой в фрисби. — Svetislava
Some children were playing frisbee near the pond.
deEin paar Kinder spielten in der Nähe des Teiches mit einer Wurfscheibe. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
My dog caught the frisbee and brought it back to me.
Tom is playing frisbee.
ruТом играет в фрисби. — marafon
Translations
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Origin
1957, brand name Frisbee was trademarked in 1959 by Fred Morrison, later acquired by Wham-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”).
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Forms
plural: FrisbeesSynonyms
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