Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

quoit

/kɔɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.51 in modern English

Syllables: quoit
IPA: /kɔɪt/

14

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A flat disc of metal or stone thrown at a target in the game of quoits.

noun

A ring of rubber or rope similarly used in the game of deck-quoits.

noun

The flat stone covering a cromlech.

noun

An ancient burial mound, synonymous with dolmen.

noun

The discus used in ancient sports.

verb

To play quoits.

Intransitive verb

verb

To throw like a quoit.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"He heard then a warm heavy sigh, softer, as she turned over and the loose brass quoits of the bedstead jingled. Must get those settled really."
"This quoit was brought from a karn about a furlong distance, near which is another cromlech, not so large."
"Then, to preſerve the Fame of ſuch a deed, / For Python ſlain, he [Phoebus or Apollo] Pythian Games decreed. / Where Noble Youths for Maſterſhip ſhou'd ſtrive, / To Quoit, to Run, and Steeds and Chariots drive."
"Each took / His ſtation, and Epeüs ſeized the clod. / He ſwung, he caſt it, and the Greecians laugh'd. / Leonteus, branch of Mars, quoited it next."

Etymology

From Middle English coyte (“flat stone”), from Old French coite, from Latin culcita. Doublet of quilt.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: coyte, coite, culcita

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /kɔɪt/
British English: /kɔɪt/

Usage

Inflected Forms

quoits (plural) quoits (present, singular) quoiting (participle, present) quoited (participle, past) quoited (past)

Derived Forms

quoiter quoitlike

Synonyms

fling toss bung cast chuck chunk cook dash dump feck jerk heave

Homonyms

coit

Rhymes With

detroit exploit droit adroit doit dacoit introit hoit goit schuit

Questions

How do you pronounce quoit?: The recorded pronunciation is /kɔɪt/.
What does quoit mean?: A flat disc of metal or stone thrown at a target in the game of quoits.
Where does quoit come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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