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frisbee¹

Where it comes from

By genericization from the trademark Frisbee.

noun frisbees

  1. alternative, countable Alternative form of Frisbee (an object)

    Similar: disc, flying disc, flying disk

  2. alternative, uncountable Alternative form of Frisbee (a sport)

    Similar: disc, flying disc, flying disk

verb frisbees · frisbeeing · frisbeed

  1. alternative Alternative form of Frisbee Adrian went up to the stereo, took off the record and frisbee'd it out of the open window. Gary watched it skim across the Court.

Frisbee²

  • /ˈfɹɪzbi/ US

Where it comes from

1957, brand name Frisbee was trademarked in 1959 by Fred Morrison, later acquired by Wham-O. From an alteration of frisbie, applied to the disk game by U.S. college students who tossed pie plates from Mrs. Frisbie's Pies, Frisbie Bakery, Bridgeport Ct., since the 1930s. From the English family name Frisbie, Frisby attested 1226, from the toponym attested 1086 in Frisby on the Wreak, Leicestershire, from Old Danish Frisby (“Frisian village”).

proper noun frisbee · frisbie

  1. A trademarked brand name of disc-shaped gliding toy.

noun Frisbees · frisbee · frisbie

  1. countable, uncountable A disk-shaped gliding toy, sold under the brand name Frisbee.
  2. broadly, countable, uncountable A frisbee, a disk-shaped gliding toy of any brand.
  3. uncountable frisbee: the sport involving Frisbees.

    Similar: disc, flying disc

verb Frisbees · Frisbeeing · Frisbeed · frisbee · frisbie

  1. To throw something in the manner of a Frisbee. The bartender Frisbeed a cardboard coaster to the patron at the end of the bar.

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noun Translations

Españolfrisbi

noun toy

Españolfrisbee, disco volador, frisbi
한국어프리스비 peuriseubi, 플라잉 디스크 peullaing diseukeu
日本語フリスビー furisubī, フライングディスク furaingu-disuku
中文飛盤 /飞盘 fēipán
Portuguêsfrisbee, disco
Françaisfrisbee
DeutschFrisbee, Wurfscheibe, Frisbeescheibe
Italianofrisbee
Русскийлета́ющий диск letájuščij disk, лета́ющая таре́лка letájuščaja tarélka
Tiếng Việtđĩa ném, đĩa ném thể thao, frisbee
العربيةصَحْنٌ طَائِر ṣaḥnun ṭāʔir
עבריתפריזבי

noun sport

DeutschFrisbee
Tiếng Việtfrisbee

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@misc{frisbee_2026,
  title = {frisbee},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/frisbee},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}