different between discuss vs frisbee

English

Etymology

From Middle French and Anglo-Norman discusser (French discuter), from Latin discussus, past participle of discuti? (“to strike or shake apart, break up, scatter; examine, discuss”), from dis- (“apart”) + quati? (“to shake”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d?s?k?s/, /d?s?k?s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /d?s?k?s/
• Rhymes: -?s

Verb

discuss (third-person singular simple present discusses, present participle discussing, simple past and past participle discussed)

1. (transitive) To converse or debate concerning a particular topic.

2. (transitive, obsolete) To communicate, tell, or disclose (information, a message, etc.).
   • c. 1597, William Shakespeare, Merry Wives of Windsor, act 1, scene 3:

     Nym: I will discuss the humour of this love to Page.

   • c. 1599, William Shakespeare, Henry V, act 4, scene 1:

     Pistol: Discuss unto me; art thou officer? Or art thou base, common and popular?

3. (obsolete, transitive) To break to pieces; to shatter.
4. (obsolete, transitive, colloquial) To deal with, in eating or drinking; consume.
   • 1854, Samuel White Baker, The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon:

     We sat quietly down and discussed a cold fowl that we had brought with us.

   • 1858, James Hogg, Titan (volume 27, page 306)

     In the first room we entered, a soldier and a man, like a clerk or dominie, were discussing a bottle of red wine; they immediately sprang up and politely proffered us each a bumper.

5. (transitive, law) To examine or search thoroughly; to exhaust a remedy against, as against a principal debtor before proceeding against the surety.
6. (obsolete, transitive) To drive away, disperse, shake off; said especially of tumors.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.i:

     For she was giuen all to fleshly lust,
     And poured forth in sensuall delight,
     That all regard of shame she had discust,
     And meet respect of honour put to flight […]

   • June 15, 1751, Samuel Johnson, letter in The Rambler

     The softness of my hands was secured by medicated gloves, and my bosom rubbed with a pomade prepared by my mother, of virtue to discuss pimples, and clear discolourations.

   • 1642, Henry Wotton, Short View of the Life and Death of George Villers Duke of Buckingham

     Many arts were used to discuss the beginnings of new affliction.

Synonyms

• (converse about a topic): bespeak, betalk, debate, talk about

Derived terms

Related terms

• quash

Translations

See also

• argue

Further reading

• discuss in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• discuss in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• discuss at OneLook Dictionary Search

English

Noun

frisbee (plural frisbees)

1. Alternative form of Frisbee

Verb

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

1. Alternative form of Frisbee
   • 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, p. 59:

     Adrian went up to the stereo, took off the record and frisbee'd it out the open window. Gary watched it skim across the court.

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?frisbi?/, [?fris?bi?]

Noun

frisbee

1. Frisbee, frisbee (toy and sport)

Declension

Synonyms

• liitokiekko

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English. Genericized trademark.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?is.bi/

Noun

frisbee m (plural frisbees)

1. Frisbee (a disk thrown for recreation)
2. Frisbee (sport)

Further reading

• “frisbee” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Polish

Etymology

From English Frisbee.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fr?iz.b?i/

Noun

frisbee n (indeclinable)

1. Frisbee (sport)
2. Frisbee (disk)

Further reading

• frisbee in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• frisbee in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Noun

frisbee m (plural frisbees)

1. Frisbee (a disk thrown for recreation)