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- noun Alternative form of
Frisbee . - verb Alternative form of
Frisbee .
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Examples
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Is that a cow catching a disc (frisbee is trademarked) ..?
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Maybe frisbee is what they did before they became famous.
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But his favorite thing to do with the frisbee is tug it or chew on it.
Introducing..... 2004
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But his favorite thing to do with the frisbee is tug it or chew on it.
October 2004 2004
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The National Disc Golf Tour, also known as frisbee golf, starts in Tasmania this weekend.
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NISB -- rhymes with "frisbee," the Governor helpfully observed -- would put a new emphasis on securing ports, pipelines, and other projects with greater security against accidents, mischief, and terrorism.
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Yes, Wham-O illegally copyrighted the term "frisbee", which was in public use at the time for quite awhile.
Where's Omaha? Ellen Beth Gill 2007
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Unlike your run-of-the mill Wham-O, however, this "frisbee" will probably be thrown using a device resembling a skeet launcher.
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The Man albums were in an appalling condition, they looked as if someone had been playing 'frisbee' with them while decorating the room.
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So while instead of that sharp over-the-top curveball he once threw, he had what the pitchers call a "frisbee" curve.
treeseed commented on the word frisbee
Wham-o classic flying disk
January 28, 2008
oroboros commented on the word frisbee
"There was a woman named Mary Frisbie who made pies in Connecticut," Marciano tells Renee Montagne. "Students would throw around her pie plates after they had finished her pies, and kind of like you would say, 'Incoming!' they would say, 'Frisbie!' just to give people the heads-up that there was something spinning and flying coming at their head.
Meanwhile, the Wham-O corporation, producer of the hula hoop, was having trouble selling its own flying disk, awkwardly named "The Pluto Platter".
They went around to college campuses, knowing that this was where trends started," Marciano says. "To their surprise, in the Northeast, people were already throwing flying disks, and they had this name 'Frisbie' for it.
For trademark purposes, "Frisbie" became "Frisbee," and a sensation was born.'
--On-air interview by NPR of John Bemelmans Marciano about his book Anonyponymous: The Forgotten People Behind Everyday Words
November 18, 2009