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Does a typical throwing disc generate lift?

In disc related sports (such as Ultimate Frisbee) it is a common technique to throw the disc in such a way that it stops near its target, and sort of hangs in the air for a moment before dropping. I can only surmise that the spin of the disc is somehow generating lift. Is this correct?
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The disc lift depends on the angle of attack, when you throw a Frisbee on an upward angle it pushes air down lifting itself. Because you throw it up it also loses momentum to gravity, but because it is so light it can move super slow and still generate decent lift this is why it seems to hang before falling. The spinning does not generate lift but it gyroscopically stabilizes the Frisbee so it stays on its angle of attack and keeps generating lift.

Tldr only the angle of attack and horizontal velocity generate lift, spin stabalizes.