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frisbee

US/ˈfɹɪzbi/

frisbee is the alternative form of Frisbee.

Proper noun capitalized: Frisbee

Frisbee

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

Noun capitalized: Frisbee

Frisbee (countable and uncountable, plural Frisbees)

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

Verb capitalized: Frisbee

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.

Synonyms of frisbee

Forms of frisbee

Noun
pluralfrisbees
pluralFrisbees
Verb
third-person singular presentfrisbees
present participlefrisbeeing
past participlefrisbeed
pastfrisbeed
third-person singular presentFrisbees
present participleFrisbeeing
past participleFrisbeed
pastFrisbeed
Proper noun
alternative formfrisbee
alternative form (obsolete)frisbie

Origin of frisbee

By genericization from the trademark Frisbee.

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

Words formed from frisbee

Questions about frisbee

What does frisbee mean?
Frisbee means a trademarked brand name of disc-shaped gliding toy.
What is frisbee the alternative form of?
Frisbee is the alternative form of Frisbee.
What part of speech is frisbee?
Frisbee can be a proper noun, a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce frisbee?
Frisbee is pronounced /ˈfɹɪzbi/ (US).

Words near frisbee in the dictionary

  1. frippet
  2. frippets
  3. frippish
  4. Fripps
  5. Fris
  6. frisbee
  7. frisbee golf
  8. frisbeed
  9. frisbeeing
  10. frisbees
  11. Frisbie

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