frisbee

F4R1I1S1B3E1E1
US/ˈfɹɪzbi/

proper noun

A trademarked brand name of disc-shaped gliding toy.

Meanings

frisbee1

nounfrisbee (countable and uncountable, plural frisbees)

plural frisbees

  1. alternativecountableAlternative form of Frisbee (an object)

    Synonyms: disc, flying disc, flying disk

  2. alternativeuncountablehobbiesAlternative form of Frisbee (a sport)

    Synonyms: disc, flying disc, flying disk

verbfrisbee (third-person singular simple present frisbees, present participle frisbeeing, simple past and past participle frisbeed)

present singular third person frisbees · participle present frisbeeing · participle past frisbeed · past frisbeed

  1. alternativeAlternative 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.

    1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 2, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, section I, page 42

Frisbee2

proper noun

alternative frisbee · alternative obsolete frisbie

  1. A trademarked brand name of disc-shaped gliding toy.
nounFrisbee (countable and uncountable, plural Frisbees)

plural Frisbees · alternative frisbee · alternative obsolete frisbie

  1. countableuncountableA disk-shaped gliding toy, sold under the brand name Frisbee.
  2. broadlycountableuncountableA frisbee, a disk-shaped gliding toy of any brand.
  3. uncountablehobbiesfrisbee: the sport involving Frisbees.

    Synonyms: disc, flying disc

verbFrisbee (third-person singular simple present Frisbees, present participle Frisbeeing, simple past and past participle Frisbeed)

present singular third person Frisbees · participle present Frisbeeing · participle past Frisbeed · past Frisbeed · alternative frisbee · alternative obsolete 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.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounfrisbee: the sport involving Frisbees.

Origin

frisbee · noun, verb

By genericization from the trademark Frisbee.

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Frisbee · proper noun, noun, verb

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”).

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Translations

Arabic صَحْنٌ طَائِر
  • صَحْنٌ طَائِر (ṣaḥnun ṭāʔir)toy
Bulgarian летя́щ ди́ск
  • летя́щ ди́ск (letjášt dísk)toy
Chinese Cantonese 飛碟 /飞碟
  • 飛碟 /飞碟toy
Chinese Mandarin 飛盤 /飞盘
  • 飛盤 /飞盘 (fēipán)toy
Czech frisbee
  • frisbeetoy
Danish frisbee
  • frisbeetoy
Dutch frisbee
  • frisbeetoy
Esperanto flugdisko
  • flugdiskotoy
Finnish frisbee, liitokiekko
  • frisbeetoy
  • liitokiekkotoy
  • frisbeesport
  • liitokiekkoilusport
French frisbee
  • frisbeetoy
German Frisbee, Wurfscheibe
  • Frisbeetoy
  • Wurfscheibetoy
  • Frisbeescheibetoy
  • Frisbeesport
Hebrew פריזבי
  • פריזביtoy
Hungarian frizbi
  • frizbitoy
Icelandic svifdiskur
  • svifdiskurtoy
Italian frisbee
  • frisbeetoy
Japanese フリスビー, フライングディスク
  • フリスビー (furisubī)toy
  • フライングディスク (furaingu-disuku)toy
Korean 프리스비, 플라잉 디스크
  • 프리스비 (peuriseubi)toy
  • 플라잉 디스크 (peullaing diseukeu)toy
Latin discus volans
  • discus volanstoy
Latvian frisbija disks
  • frisbija diskstoy
Lithuanian plastinė lėkštė
  • plastinė lėkštėtoy
Māori ripi
  • ripitoy
Norwegian frisbee
  • frisbeetoy
Polish frisbee, frisbee
  • frisbeetoy
  • frisbeesport
Portuguese frisbee, disco
  • frisbeetoy
  • discotoy
Russian лета́ющий диск, лета́ющая таре́лка
  • лета́ющий диск (letájuščij disk)toy
  • лета́ющая таре́лка (letájuščaja tarélka)toy
Slovak frisbee
  • frisbeetoy
Spanish frisbi, frisbee
  • frisbiTranslations
  • frisbeetoy
  • disco voladortoy
  • frisbitoy
Swedish frisbee
  • frisbeetoy
Thai จานบิน
  • จานบิน (jaan-bin)toy
Turkish frizbi
  • frizbitoy
Ukrainian фрісбі
  • фрісбі (frisbi)toy
Vietnamese đĩa ném, đĩa ném thể thao
  • đĩa némtoy
  • đĩa ném thể thaotoy
  • frisbeetoy
  • frisbeesport
Cite this entry
APA

frisbee. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frisbee

MLA

“frisbee.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frisbee. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “frisbee,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frisbee.

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