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noun
- 1. a heavy thick-centred disc thrown by an athlete, in ancient Greek games or in modern field events.
- 2. a small colourful South American freshwater fish with a rounded laterally compressed body, native to South America and popular in aquariums.
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DISCUS definition: 1. a heavy plate-shaped object that is thrown as part of a sports event 2. the event or sport in…. Learn more.
The meaning of DISCUS is a heavy disk (as of wood or plastic) that is thicker in the center than at the perimeter and that is hurled for distance as a track-and-field event; also : the event. How to use discus in a sentence.
Discus is the track and field sport in which athletes throw a heavy, circular plate, also known as a discus. Imagine a Frisbee, but much heavier — that's what a discus is like. To throw it, an athlete spins around in a circle to "wind up" before flinging the discus as hard as she can.
Discus definition: a circular disk more than 7 inches (18 centimeters) in diameter and 2.2 pounds (1 kilogram) in weight, usually wooden with a metal rim and thicker in the center than at the edge, for throwing for distance in athletic competition.. See examples of DISCUS used in a sentence.
Definition of discus noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
DISCUS meaning: 1. a heavy plate-shaped object that is thrown as part of a sports event 2. the event or sport in…. Learn more.
1. a circular disk more than 7 in. (18 cm) in diameter and 2.2 lb. (1 kg) in weight, usually wooden with a metal rim and thicker in the center than at the edge, for throwing for distance in athletic competition. 2. the sport of throwing this disk for distance.
DISCUS definition: a round, flat, heavy object that people throw as a sport. Learn more.
DISCUS meaning: 1 : a heavy flat round object that people throw as far as they can as a sport; 2 : an athletic event in which people compete by trying to throw a discus farther than everyone else.
dis·cus. (dĭs′kəs) n. pl. dis·cus·es. 1. Sports. a. A disk, typically wooden, plastic, or rubber with a metal rim, that is thrown for distance in athletic competitions. b. A track-and-field event in which a discus is thrown.
