Definizione monolingua

discus

discus (plural discuses)

1. A round plate-like object that is thrown for sport.
   • 2004, Frank Fitzpatrick, ""The amazing story of the first discus medal winner"", The Philadelphia Inquirer, August 18,

     He [Robert Garrett] won even though he hadnt ever touched a real discus until just before the event was held.

   • 2008, John Branch, ""Estonias Kanter Celebrates Gold Medal in the Discus His Way"", The New York Times, August 23,

     [Gerd] Kanter had agreed to demonstrate his throwing skill on Friday, but rather than bringing his own discuses—he usually travels with about five of them, […]

2. (uncountable) The athletics sport of discus throwing.
   • 2008, ""Weir lays down marker in Beijing"", BBC, September 8,

     And Chris Martin took a silver medal in the discus on the opening day in the Birds Nest, […]

3. (plural: discus) A discus fish.
   • 2008, Carol Roberts, ""History of Discus"", North American Discus Association,

     The main body of the Amazon River is too fast, too deep, and too silt laden for discus.

4. (rare, dated) A chakram.
   • 1893, Krishna-Swaipayana Vyasa, translated by K. M. Ganguli, The Mahabharata, Adi Parva, Section XIX,

     And Narayana instantly cut off with his discus the well-adorned head of the Danava who was drinking the Amrita without permission.

   • 1899, Thomas William Rhys Davids (transl.), Digha Nikaya, ""Sàmañña-Phàla Sutta"",

     If with a discus with an edge sharp as a razor he should make all the living creatures on the earth one heap, one mass, of flesh, […]

Definizione dizionario discus

disco

Altri significati:

athletics sport of throwing the discus

(rare, dated) A chakram.

round plate-like object for throwing

A round plate-like object that is thrown for sport.

(plural: discus ) A discus fish.

(uncountable) The athletics sport of discus throwing.