discus

noun4

1. •
   A round plate-like object that is thrown for sport.

   • He Robert Garrett] won even though he hadn't ever touched a real discus until just before the event was held. — 2004
2. •
   The athletics event of discus throw.

   • For two years Templeton has given individual attention to Krenz. The young man has reciprocated by giving at least two hours each day to practice in the shot and discus. — 1929
3. •
   A discus fish (genus Symphysodon)

   • The main body of the Amazon River is too fast, too deep, and too silt laden for discus. — 2008
4. •
   (old-fashioned, rare) A chakram.

   • And Narayana instantly cut off with his discus the well-adorned head of the Danava who was drinking the Amrita without permission. — 1893