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Frisbee

[ friz-bee ]

Trademark.
  1. a brand of plastic concave disk, used for various catching games by sailing it between two or more players and thrown by making it spin as it is released with a flick of the wrist.


Frisbee

/ ˈfrɪzbiː /

noun

  1. a light plastic disc, usually 20–25 centimetres in diameter, thrown with a spinning motion for recreation or in competition


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Frisbee1

Trademark respelling of frisbie, from the Frisbie Pie Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut; throwable metal pie tins such as those produced by the company are alleged to have been the inspiration for the plastic disk

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Example Sentences

The city embarked on the improvements after Logan Blake, 17, was swept into a culvert in 2014 when he went after a Frisbee during heavy rains.

Energize your active pooch in all terrains with this durable Frisbee toy.

Nobody was very good, except for maybe Ben, who has a certain ultimate Frisbee–like athleticism to him.

There’ll be a bunch of vendors there from, like, yo-yo and Frisbee companies.

From Ozy

It started with a blue T-shirt, so small you could barely fit a frisbee in it.

After recuperating a bit, they might hit the climbing wall or the quad for some Frisbee golf.

The problem of serving she solved by sailing my plate to the table as if playing Frisbee.

As Ugly Betty actress America Ferrera took the stage at 12:30, even the Frisbee-playing students on a nearby lawn joined in.

But not all of us, as I said before, have this ready gift of parry and thrust that distinguishes my friend Frisbee.

Not all of us are gifted with the power of repartee by which my friend Frisbee turned the edge of the barber's desires.

Do you remember anything of the killing of a man named Frisbee over in Fresno three years ago?

Maybe we ought to call the Fire Department, like they did for old Mrs. Frisbee.

Nor even heard anything about Frisbee, nor what happened to him?

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