quoit

UK: /kɔɪt/ US: /kwɔɪt, kɔɪt/ ,(kwoit, koit)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

quoit /kwɔɪt, kɔɪt/   n. 

1. Games quoits, [uncountable* used with a singular verb] a game in which rings of rope or flattened metal are thrown at an upright peg, the object being to throw the ring around the peg.
2. Games [countable] a ring used in the game of quoits.

v. [~ + object]

3. Games to throw like a quoit.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

quoit  (kwoit, koit), n. 

1. Games quoits, (used with a sing. v.) a game in which rings of rope or flattened metal are thrown at an upright peg, the object being to encircle it or come as close to it as possible.
2. Games a ring used in the game of quoits.

v.t. 

3. Games to throw as or like a quoit.

v.i. 

4. Games to play quoits.

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• Middle English coyte 1350–1400

quoit′er, n. 
quoit′like′, adj. 

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quoit / kɔɪt/ noun

1. a ring of iron, plastic, rope, etc, used in the game of quoits

Etymology: 15th Century: of unknown origin