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coit

/kɔɪt/

coit is the obsolete form of quoit.

Meaning of quoit

Noun

quoit (plural quoits)

  1. A flat disc of metal or stone thrown at a target in the game of quoits.
    • He heard then a warm heavy sigh, softer, as she turned over and the loose brass quoits of the bedstead jingled. Must get those settled really.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 4: Calypso]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 54
  2. A ring of rubber or rope similarly used in the game of deck-quoits.
  3. The flat stone covering a cromlech.
    • This quoit was brought from a karn about a furlong distance, near which is another cromlech, not so large.1817, Charles Sandoe Gilbert, A Historical Survey of the County of Cornwall, page 175
  4. An ancient burial mound, synonymous with dolmen.
  5. The discus used in ancient sports.

See all 7 meanings of quoit

Verb (1)

coit (third-person singular simple present coits, present participle coiting, simple past and past participle coited)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To throw.
    • to coit a stone

Noun

coit

  1. Synonym of coition.
    Synonyms:
    coition

Verb (2)

coit (third-person singular simple present coits, present participle coiting, simple past and past participle coited)

  1. (rare) to copulate; to have sexual intercourse.
    • TEAR OFF A PIECE: To coit with a woman.1941, Sidney J. Baker, A Popular Dictionary of Australian Slang, Melbourne: Robertson and Mullens, page 76

Proper noun capitalized: Coit

Coit (plural Coits)

  1. A surname.

Synonyms of coit

Forms of coit

Noun
pluralcoits
Verb
third-person singular presentcoits
present participlecoiting
past participlecoited
pastcoited
Proper noun
pluralCoits

Origin of coit

See quoit.

Back-formation from coitus.

Questions about coit

What does coit mean?
Coit means to throw.
What is coit the obsolete form of?
Coit is the obsolete form of quoit.
What part of speech is coit?
Coit can be a verb, a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce coit?
Coit is pronounced /kɔɪt/.
What is the past tense of coit?
The past tense of coit is coited.

Words near coit in the dictionary

  1. coisotropic
  2. coistrel
  3. coistrels
  4. coistril
  5. coistrils
  6. coit
  7. coital
  8. coitally
  9. coitarche
  10. coited
  11. coiting

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Adapted from Wiktionary: coit (page history and authors); Coit (page history and authors); quoit (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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