quoit

[ kwoit, koit ]
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noun
  1. quoits, (used with a singular verb) a game in which rings of rope or flattened metal are thrown at an upright peg, the object being to encircle it or come as close to it as possible.

  2. a ring used in the game of quoits.

verb (used with object)
  1. to throw as or like a quoit.

verb (used without object)
  1. to play quoits.

Origin of quoit

1
1350–1400; Middle English coyte< ?

Other words from quoit

  • quoiter, noun
  • quoitlike, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for quoit

quoit

/ (kɔɪt) /


noun
  1. a ring of iron, plastic, rope, etc, used in the game of quoits

  2. Australian slang a variant spelling of coit

Origin of quoit

1
C15: of unknown origin

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