QUOIT


Meaning of QUOIT in English

[ kɔɪt , kwɔɪt ]

■ noun

1》 a ring of iron, rope, or rubber thrown in a game to encircle or land as near as possible to an upright peg.

↘( ~s ) [treated as sing. ] a game of aiming and throwing ~s.

2》 the flat covering stone of a dolmen.

↘a dolmen.

3》 Austral. informal a person's buttocks.

■ verb archaic throw like a ~.

Origin

ME: prob. of Fr. origin.

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