quoit

Plural: quoits

Noun

• game equipment consisting of a ring of iron or circle of rope used in playing the game of quoits
• A flat disc of metal or stone thrown at a target in the game of quoits.
• A ring of rubber or rope similarly used in the game of deck-quoits.
• The flat stone covering a cromlech.
• An ancient burial mound, synonymous with dolmen.
• The discus used in ancient sports.

Verb

Verb Forms: quoited, quoiting, quoits

• To throw a flat ring in a game of skill.
• To play quoits.
• To throw like a quoit.

Examples

• Rather than QUOIT away her turn, she patiently waited for a better letter rack.

Synonyms

bung, cast, chuck, chunk, cook, dash, dump, feck, fling, heave, hield, hoy, huck, hurl, hurtle, jerk, launch, lob, peck, peg, pick, pitch, precipitate, project, quoit, shy, skew, slight, sling, thrill, throw, toss, traject, warp, whang, whip, whop, wing

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