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1. (n.) discus
a circular disk, usu. wooden with a metal rim, for throwing in athletic competition.
2. discus
the sport of throwing this disk for distance.
Etymology: (1650–60; < L < Gk dískos a quoit, discus, disk)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) discus
an athletic competition in which a disk-shaped object is thrown as far as possible
2. (noun) discus, saucer
a disk used in throwing competitions
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) discus
a quoit; a circular plate of some heavy material intended to be pitched or hurled as a trial of strength and skill
2. (noun) discus
the exercise with the discus
3. (noun) discus
a disk. See Disk
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Sense: a heavy disc of metal etc thrown in a type of athletic competition.
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 Afrikaans: diskus. (werp) skyf |
 Arabic: قُرْص |
 Bulgarian: диск |
 Brazilian: disco |
 Czech: disk |
 German: der Diskus |
 Danish: diskos |
 Greek: δίσκος (στη δισκοβολία) |
 Spanish: disco |
 Estonian: (kettaheite) ketas |
 Farsi: دیسک |
 Finnish: kiekko |
 French: disque |
 Hebrew: דִיסקוּס |
 Hindi: चक्र, चक्का |
 Croatian: disk |
 Hungarian: diszkosz |
 Indonesian: cakram |
 Icelandic: kringla |
 Italian: disco |
 Japanese: 円盤 |
 Korean: 원반 |
 Lithuanian: diskas |
 Latvian: disks |
 Malay: cakera |
 Dutch: discus |
 Norwegian: diskos |
 Polish: dysk |
 Persian: دیسک |
 Pashto: دیسک |
 Portuguese: disco |
 Romanian: disc |
 Russian: диск |
 Slovak: disk |
 Slovenian: disk |
 Serbian: disk |
 Swedish: diskus |
 Thai: แผ่นกลมใช้ขว้างในการแข่งก |
 Turkish: disk |
 Taiwanese: 鐵餅(體育) |
 Ukrainian: диск |
 Urdu: بھاری موٹا قرص جس کا استع |
 Vietnamese: chiếc đĩa nặng dùng để né |
 Chinese: （体）铁饼 |
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