discus Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an athletic competition in which a disk-shaped object is thrown as far as possible
  2. noun a disk used in throwing competitions
    saucer.

WordNet

Dis"cus noun
Etymology
L. See Disk.
Wordforms
plural E Discuses L Disci
Definitions
  1. (a) A quoit; a circular plate of some heavy material intended to be pitched or hurled as a trial of strength and skill. (b) The exercise with the discus. ✍ This among the Greeks was one of the chief gymnastic exercises and was included in the Pentathlon (the contest of the five exercises). The chief contest was that of throwing the discus to the greatest possible distance.
  2. A disk. See Disk.

Webster 1913