frisbee English · revision 1092

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈfɹɪzbi/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a trademark,^(AHD)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(OED 1989)^(RHWU) named after the Frisbie Bakery of Bridgeport, Connecticut,^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(RHWU) whose pie tins were tossed as a game by college students before the plastic disc was made.^(Etymonline)^(RHWU) The spelling was changed to avoid legal problems.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A concave plastic disc that spins when thrown, used in catching games (1957).^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The Wham-O Manufacturing Company bought the rights from the inventor Fred Morrison and registered the trademark in 1959.^(Etymonline) Students at Middlebury College are said to have thrown Frisbie pie tins in the 1930s, though Yale and Princeton make similar claims.^(Etymonline) The word is now often used for any such disc and for the game played with it,^(Wiktionary) though Wiktionary notes that ''flying disc'' or ''disc'' is used to avoid the trademark.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1930s – pie tins thrown by college students.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1957 – ''Frisbee''.^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1959 – trademark registered.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A plastic disc-shaped toy that players throw and catch (a [[trademark]], often capitalized).^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(OED 1989)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A game or sport played with such a disc.^(AHD)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ===Verb===

+ # To throw something in the manner of a frisbee.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[Frisian]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}