quoit

Meanings

Plural: quoits

Noun

• game equipment consisting of a ring of iron or circle of rope used in playing the game of quoits
• A flat disc of metal or stone thrown at a target in the game of quoits.
• A ring of rubber or rope similarly used in the game of deck-quoits.
• The flat stone covering a cromlech.
• An ancient burial mound, synonymous with dolmen.
• The discus used in ancient sports.

Verb

• To play quoits.
• To throw like a quoit.

Synonyms

bung, cast, chuck, chunk, cook, dash, dump, feck, fling, heave, hield, hoy, huck, hurl, hurtle, jerk, launch, lob, peck, peg, pick, pitch, precipitate, project, quoit, shy, skew, slight, sling, thrill, throw, toss, traject, warp, whang, whip, whop, wing