quoits
pronunciation
How to pronounce quoits in British English:
UK ['kɔɪts]
How to pronounce quoits in American English:
US ['kɔɪts]
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- Noun:
- a game in which quoits or horseshoes are thrown at a stake in the ground in the hope of encircling it
Word Origin
- quoits (n.)
- late 14c., coytes, "game played by throwing quoits;" see quoit.
Example
- 1. Your crony factor ( 10 % ) : do you play quoits with mr. roover ?
- 2. When playing quoits , I won this rabbit toy .
- 3. He had been playing deck quoits on the day he had had the stroke in the indian ocean .