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Frisbee

See also: frisbee

English

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Etymology

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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 Frisby attested 1226, from the toponym attested 1086 in Frisby on the Wreak, Leicestershire, from Old Danish Frisby (“Frisian village”).

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Proper noun

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Frisbee

  1. A trademarked brand name of disc-shaped gliding toy.

Noun

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Frisbee (countable and uncountable, plural Frisbees)

  1. A disk-shaped gliding toy, sold under the brand name Frisbee.
    Hypernyms: frisbee, disc, flying disc
  2. (by extension, genericization) A frisbee, a disk-shaped gliding toy of any brand.
  3. (sports, uncountable) frisbee: the sport involving Frisbees.
    Synonyms: disc, flying disc

Usage notes

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Frisbee is proprietary name, trademarked in 1959. In avoiding the trademark, the term "flying disc", later shortened to disc has been used.

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Verb

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Frisbee (third-person singular simple present Frisbees, present participle Frisbeeing, simple past and past participle Frisbeed)

  1. To throw something in the manner of a Frisbee.
    The bartender Frisbeed a cardboard coaster to the patron at the end of the bar.

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German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Frisbee n

  1. frisbee

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