Definition of "medal"

medal

/ˈmɛdəl/

noun
plural medals
1. A stamped metal disc used as a personal ornament, a charm, or a religious object.
  Quotations
  Whether their images, shrines, relics, consecrated things, holy water, medals, benedictions, those divine amulets, holy exorcisms, and the sign of the cross, be available in this disease?
  1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps
2. A stamped or cast metal object (usually a disc), particularly one awarded as a prize or reward.
verb
third-person singular simple present medals, present participle medaling or medalling, simple past and past participle medaled or medalled
1. (intransitive, sports, colloquial) To win a medal.
  Quotations
  I dashed into the mall; bought a gift; raced to the card store, snapped up a two-fer gift-bag special and was back in my car in 26 minutes. I could medal in power shopping.
  2004 October 29, Carol McAlice Currie, “Unposted laws make downtown seem unwelcoming”, in Statesman Journal, volume 152, number 214, Salem, OR, page 1C
  I wanted to medal. I was pregnant and I wanted to medal.
  2013 January 13, “Je Ne Sais What?”, in The Good Wife, season 4, episode 12, spoken by Anna (Elizabeth Alderfer)
2. (transitive) To award a medal to.