quoit
Americannoun
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(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.
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a ring used in the game of quoits.
verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
noun
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a ring of iron, plastic, rope, etc, used in the game of quoits
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slang a variant spelling of coit
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Etymology
Origin of quoit
1350–1400; Middle English coyte < ?
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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
The one whose quoits lie nearest to the hub counts one point for each quoit, but each quoit entitled to count must be nearer the hub than any of the opponents' quoits.
From What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
And they used to play at quoits also, and at throwing the javelin, with some grace:— They threw the quoit, and hurl'd the playful spear.
From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us
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