discus
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- noun
- /ˈdɪskəs/
:
disco
- The coach taught us how to grip the discus correctly for better distance.
- discus thrower
- throwing the discus
But the discus actually famously goes farther into the wind than than with the wind.
- But the discus actually famously goes farther into the wind than than with the wind.
- Such training primarily took the form of athletic exercises, running, jumping, wrestling, boxing, and throwing the discus.
- Yes, we're selling them Javelins, but if Russian tanks roll into Kiev, we will upgrade to shot put and discus, maybe hammer throw.
- The discus throwers had to throw their discus in the Guate Bodon in amongst the trees.
- I knew he drove the drove the big rig, shot put discus.
Examples
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Tweedy also had a third place finish in the discus (36.16m).
Blog text (22) -
Al and I throw the discus sometimes.
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Today is the last day of the discus competition, and I need your support to come out on top.
Blog text (15) -
To show them how to throw the discus.
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I've never thrown a discus before.
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"Ben has set all sorts of Canadian records in the shot and has done just about as well with the discus and the javelin."
Fiction book (1990) -
Marcia Higgins of Johnson C. Smith won the discus, and Saint Augustine's College swept the 4x100 and 4x400 races.
Blog text (22) -
In the competition, each athlete took turns to throw the discus as far as they could.
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He practiced daily to improve his technique in throwing the discus.
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Etymology
Discus comes from the old Greek word diskos, which meant a 'round, flat' stone that people would throw in games. It shares the same root as the English disc or disk, both meaning a round flat shape, so that's why the heavy round object athletes throw is called a 'discus'.