discus

noun

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.”

   “[Gerd] Kanter had agreed to demonstrate his throwing skill on Friday, but rather than bringing his own discuses—he usually travels with about five of them, […]”

2. (uncountable)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.”

   “And Chris Martin took a silver medal in the discus on the opening day in the Bird's Nest, […]”

3. (plural)A discus fish (genus Symphysodon)

   “The main body of the Amazon River is too fast, too deep, and too silt laden for discus.”

4. (dated, 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.”

   “If with a discus with an edge sharp as a razor he should make all the living creatures on the earth one heap, one mass, of flesh, […]”