Frisbee
See also: frisbee
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
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 Frisby attested 1226, from the toponym attested 1086 in Frisby on the Wreak, Leicestershire, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Danish Frisby (“Frisian village”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
Frisbee (plural Frisbees)
Usage notes
Frisbee is proprietary name, trademarked in 1959.
Derived terms
Translations
disk
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See also
Verb
Frisbee (third-person singular simple present Frisbees, present participle Frisbeeing, simple past and past participle Frisbeed)
- To throw something in the manner of a Frisbee.
- The bartender Frisbeed a cardboard coaster to the patron at the end of the bar.
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “Frisbee”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
German
Pronunciation
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Noun
Frisbee n
Further reading
- “Frisbee” in Duden online