Frisbee
To throw something in the manner of a FrisbeeTo throw something in the manner of a Frisbee.
» Tom caught the frisbee with one hand.
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1 sensesTo throw something in the manner of a Frisbee.
The bartender Frisbeed a cardboard coaster to the patron at the end of the bar.
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
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
Frisbees, Frisbeeing, Frisbeed, FrisbeedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.