Definition of Frisbee

1. Noun. A light, plastic disk about 10 inches in diameter; propelled with a flip of the wrist for recreation or competition.

Generic synonyms: Disc, Disk, Plaything, Toy
Language type: Trademark

Definition of Frisbee

1. Noun. A plastic disk that is thrown with a snap of the wrist so as to spin it to aid in keeping it aloft; used for recreation. ¹

2. Noun. The sport involving Frisbees. ¹

3. Verb. To throw something in the manner of a Frisbee. ¹

4. Noun. (alternative form of Frisbee) ¹

5. Verb. (alternative form of Frisbee) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Frisbee

1. a plastic disk several inches in diameter sailed between players by a flip of the wrist -- a trademark [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Frisbee

Friends
Friesian
Friesians
Friesic
Friesish
Friesland
Frigg
Frigga
Frigid Zone
Frimaire
Fringilla coelebs
Fringilla montifringilla
Fringillidae
Frippertronics
Frisbee (current term)
Frisbeed
Frisbeeing
Frisbees
Frisch
Frisco
Frisia
Frisian
Frisian Islands
Frisians
Fritillaria affinis
Fritillaria agrestis
Fritillaria biflora
Fritillaria imperialis
Fritillaria lanceolata

Literary usage of Frisbee

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William B. Dana (1854)
"Frisbee lived for about six years after the policy was effected, and then died, and the plaintiff« paid the amount of it to the defendant. ..."

2. A Practical Treatise on the Law of Covenants for Title by William Henry Rawle (1873)
"right in a court of law to detain the purchase-money of real estate by reason of a defect of title, was Frisbee v. Hoffnagle,1 decided in New York in 1814, ..."

3. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine by Roy J. Friedman Mark Twain Collection (Library of Congress) (1913)
"Frisbee was nearly certain that all this meant head-hunting, and that the concealed fact ... Frisbee dared. He looked the savage square between the eyes. ..."

4. History of the City of Belfast in the State of Maine: From Its First by Joseph Williamson (1913)
"Frisbee. Emma Laila, b. 4 March, 1880; d. George Washington Frisbee and Drusilla Louisa Packard (b. Camden). Frisbee, Fred Rodell, b. 21 October, 1878; s. ..."

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