"quoit" meaning in English

See quoit in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kɔɪt/ [UK], /kɔɪt/ [US], /kwɔɪt/ [US], /kweɪt/ [dialectal, obsolete] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-quoit.wav [Southern-England] Forms: quoits [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔɪt Etymology: From Middle English coyte (“flat stone”), from Old French coite, from Latin culcita. Doublet of quilt. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|coyte||flat stone}} Middle English coyte (“flat stone”), {{der|en|fro|coite}} Old French coite, {{der|en|la|culcita}} Latin culcita, {{doublet|en|quilt}} Doublet of quilt Head templates: {{en-noun}} quoit (plural quoits)
  1. A flat disc of metal or stone thrown at a target in the game of quoits. Translations (flat disc thrown at a target): kroužek [masculine] (Czech), heittorengas (Finnish), Diskus [masculine] (German), Wurfring [masculine] (German), disko (Ido), мета́тельное кольцо́ (metátelʹnoje kolʹcó) [neuter] (Russian), ring [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-quoit-en-noun-ah~Tbo-t Disambiguation of 'flat disc thrown at a target': 79 2 13 3 3
  2. A ring of rubber or rope similarly used in the game of deck-quoits.
    Sense id: en-quoit-en-noun-vVhFReBu
  3. The flat stone covering a cromlech.
    Sense id: en-quoit-en-noun-9gcYWXYa
  4. An ancient burial mound, synonymous with dolmen.
    Sense id: en-quoit-en-noun-4mBT0zdl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 24 11 35 2 3 1 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 20 23 10 39 3 4 2
  5. The discus used in ancient sports.
    Sense id: en-quoit-en-noun-5qXRYeaT

Verb

IPA: /kɔɪt/ [UK], /kɔɪt/ [US], /kwɔɪt/ [US], /kweɪt/ [dialectal, obsolete] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-quoit.wav [Southern-England] Forms: quoits [present, singular, third-person], quoiting [participle, present], quoited [participle, past], quoited [past]
Rhymes: -ɔɪt Etymology: From Middle English coyte (“flat stone”), from Old French coite, from Latin culcita. Doublet of quilt. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|coyte||flat stone}} Middle English coyte (“flat stone”), {{der|en|fro|coite}} Old French coite, {{der|en|la|culcita}} Latin culcita, {{doublet|en|quilt}} Doublet of quilt Head templates: {{en-verb}} quoit (third-person singular simple present quoits, present participle quoiting, simple past and past participle quoited)
  1. (intransitive) To play quoits. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Games
    Sense id: en-quoit-en-verb-Tnzdxl1i Disambiguation of Games: 20 19 4 16 12 27 2
  2. (transitive) To throw like a quoit. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-quoit-en-verb--kavATY5

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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "quoited",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "quoit (third-person singular simple present quoits, present participle quoiting, simple past and past participle quoited)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To play quoits."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "play",
          "play#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "quoits",
          "quoits"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To play quoits."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To throw like a quoit."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "throw",
          "throw#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "quoit",
          "quoit#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To throw like a quoit."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kɔɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɔɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kwɔɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kweɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "dialectal",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔɪt"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "quoit"
  ],
  "word": "quoit"
}

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