quoit

American  

[kwoit, koit] / kwɔɪt, kɔɪt /

noun

1. (used with a singular verb) quoits, a game in which rings of rope or flattened metal are thrown at an upright peg, the object being to encircle it or come as close to it as possible.

2. a ring used in the game of quoits.

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verb (used with object)

1. to throw as or like a quoit.

verb (used without object)

1. to play quoits.

quoit British  

/ kɔɪt /

noun

1. a ring of iron, plastic, rope, etc, used in the game of quoits

2. slang a variant spelling of coit

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Other Word Forms

• quoiter noun
• quoitlike adjective

Etymology

Origin of quoit

1350–1400; Middle English coyte < ?

Example Sentences

A Philadelphia trophy was inscribed: "Given by the German-American Bund; quoit tournament, 1937."

From Time Magazine Archive

Jason had no idea what a quoit was, but he tried to stay focused.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

“Let’s see...earlier I was eating ice cream. Right now I’m tossing this quoit ring.”

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

Jealous of Apollo, for he too loved Hyacinthus, Zephyrus blew Apollo’s quoit aside so violently that it struck his playmate, and felled him to the ground.

From Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art by Guerber, H. A. (H?l?ne Adeline)

When we reached a point in the road where it skirts the cliff I stopped the car, and flung the aneroid, like a quoit, over the edge, through the wind and the rain, into oblivion.

From In Mr. Knox's Country by Ross, Martin

Related Words

• disc
• plate
• platter