Throw

Definition: Throw

Throw

Noun

1. The act of throwing (propelling something through the air with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist); "the catcher made a good throw to second base".

2. (informal) a single chance or instance; "he couldn't afford $50 a throw".

3. The maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam.

4. The distance that something can be thrown; "it is just a stone's throw from here".

5. Bedclothes consisting of a lightweight cloth covering (an afghan or bedspread) that is casually thrown over something.

6. The throwing of an object in order to determine an outcome randomly; "he risked his fortune on a throw of the dice".

Verb

1. Project through the air; "throw a frisbee".

2. Move violently, energetically, or carelessly; "She threw herself forwards".

3. Get rid of; "he shed his image as a pushy boss".

4. Place with great energy; "She threw the blanket around the child".

5. Convey or communicate; of a smile, a look, a physical gesture; "Throw a glance"; "She gave me a dirty look".

6. Cause to go on or t be engaged; set in operation; "switch on the light"; "throw the lever".

7. Put or send forth; "She threw the flashlight beam into the corner"; "The setting sun threw long shadows"; "cast a spell"; "cast a warm light".

8. To put into a state or activity hastily, suddenly, or carelessly; "Jane threw dinner together", throw the car into reverse".

9. Cause to be confused emotionally.

10. : utter with force; utter vehemently; "hurl insults"; "throw accusations at someone".

11. : organize or be responsible for; "hold a reception," "have, throw, or make a party", "give a course", etc.

12. : make on a potter's wheel; of pottery.

13. : cause to fall off; "The horse threw its unexperienced rider".

14. : throw out onto a flat surface, as of die; "Throw a six".

15. : be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly: "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "throw" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Note: Throw \Throw\, transitive verb. [imperfect Threw(thr[udd]); past participle Thrown(thr[=o]n); Throwing.]. (references)

Food & Agriculture

Industry

Mining

Multilingual Slang

Personal Care & Hotels

Public Administration

Slang

Tips from 1870

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Throw

Ejection

Eject, reject; expel, discard; cut, send to coventry, boycott; chasser; banish; (punish); bounce ; fire, fire out; throw; throw out, throw up, throw off, throw away, throw aside; push; throw out, throw off, throw away, throw aside; shovel out, shovel away, sweep out, sweep away; brush off, brush away, whisk off, whisk away, turn off, turn away, send off, send away; discharge; send adrift, turn adrift, cast adrift; turn out, bundle out; throw overboard; give the sack to; send packing, send about one's business, send to the right about; strike off the roll; (abrogate); turn out neck and heels, turn out head and shoulders, turn out neck and crop; pack off; send away with a flea in the ear; send to Jericho; bow out, show the door to.

Exertion

Noun: exertion, effort, strain, tug, pull, stress, throw, stretch, struggle, spell, spurt, spirt; stroke of work,Noun: exertion, effort, strain, tug, pull, stress, throw, stretch, struggle, spell, spurt, spirt; stroke of work, stitch of work.

Impulse

Noun: impulse, impulsion, impetus; momentum; push, pulsion, thrust, shove, jog, jolt, brunt, booming, boost, throw; explosion; (violence); propulsion.

Regression

Verb: propel, project, throw, fling, cast, pitch, chuck, toss, jerk, heave, shy, hurl; flirt, fillip.

Noun: propulsion, projection; propelment; vis a tergo; push, shove; (impulse); ejaculate; ejection; throw, fling, toss, shot, discharge, shy; launch, release.

Resentment

Put out of countenance, put out of humor; put one's monkey up, put one's back up; raise one's gorge, raise one's dander, raise one's choler; work up into a passion; make one's blood boil, make the ears tingle; throw, into a ferment, madden, drive one mad; lash into fury, lash into madness; fool to the top of one's bent; set by the ears.

Transference

Send, delegate, consign, relegate, turn over to, deliver; ship, embark; waft; shunt; transpose; (interchange); displace; throw; drag; mail, post.

Crosswords: Throw

Now, throw in a lot of that born again Jesus stuffthey like that (Double Jeopardy; writing credit: David Weisberg; Douglas Cook)

If you want it, I'll throw a lasso around it and pull it down for you. Hey (It's a Wonderful Life; writing credit: Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett and Frank Capra. based on the story 'The Greatest Gift' by Philip Van Doren Stern.)

No, no Throw her into the pond (Monty Python and the Holy Grail; writing credit: Graham Chapman; John Cleese)

You wanna throw up here, or in the car (Groundhog Day; writing credit: Guy Ritchie)

Yes, and there will be one less on this boat if you don't shut that hole in your face In the actual event, Molly Brown was going to throw Hutchins overboard (Titanic; writing credit: James Cameron)

Throw up a finger if ya' feel the same way (California Love; performing artist: 2 PAC)

See you don’t wanna throw it all away (Try Again; performing artist: Aaliyah)

Lock me away inside of your love and throw away the key. (Love in the First Degree; performing artist: Alabama; writing credit: Jim Hurt and Tim DuBois)

No concrete just sand, throw away your shoes (If I Could Go; performing artist: Angie Martinez)

I throw some clothes on in (Brick; performing artist: Ben Folds Five)

In California, they don't throw their garbage away - they make it into TV shows. (references; author: Woody Allen)

Don't throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds water. (references; author: Swedish Proverb)

A man who lives in a glass house shouldn't throw stones. (references; author: unknown)

If you throw a cat out a car window, does it become kitty liter? (references; author: unknown)

God creates a worm for every bird, but He does not throw it in the nest. (references; author: unknown)

Throw Out the Anchor (1974)

Do Not Throw Cushions Into the Ring (1970)

Don't Throw That Knife (1951)

So You Want to Throw a Party (1950)

Throw a Saddle on a Star (1946)

DON'T THROW YOUR LOVE AWAY  (performing artist: Searchers )

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Boomerangs: How to Make and Throw Them (reference)

• I'm Off to Montana for to Throw the Hoolihan (Code of the West, 6) [ABRIDGED] (reference)

• Making Crazy Faces and Masks (Why Throw It Away?) (reference)

• Throw Darts at a Cheesecake (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Throw Mama From the Train (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• For the Mentally Astute: Theory of a Throw Up (reference)

• Throw the House Out of the Windowe and Other Damn Fine Dance Tunes (reference)

• Put Your Phazers on Stun Throw Your Health Food Skyward (reference)

• Throw Out the Lifeline (reference)

• Just a Stone's Throw Away (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Epson LCD Projector Long Throw Lens For Powerlite 7300 7520 (reference)

• LONG THROW ZOOM LENS FOR (reference)

• TLP-560U 1300 Ansi Lumens XGA Short Throw Lens/lens Shift Feature (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Luxury Plush Throw - Carter's JOY Hide & Seek (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Poster emphasizing not to throw garbage from vessels. Credit: Fisheries.

Dave Meyer conducts a throw trap sample of high marsh tide pools on the remnant islands of the Poplar Island archipelago. The collection will help to determine the types and number of small fish and invertebrates that use the tide pools. The collection was looking to determine which species exist in the tide pools where there is no threat from predation. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

I'll throw that rider even if I have to kill the horse. Credit: Library of Congress.

Well -- this time I'm not going to throw my coat away. Credit: Library of Congress.

Cowboys trying to throw a stubborn calf. Cattle ranch near Spur, Texas. Credit: Library of Congress.

Victory food from American waters. Crew members throw overboard excess ice from Old Glory's hold. Fishmen allow a proportion of one ton of ice to three tons of fish. When the catch is unusually large as on this trip, some ice is removed to make room for t. Credit: Library of Congress.

Striking cotton pickers talk it over. The strike is failing. Kern County, California. "I don't care: Let them throw me in jail. There's somebody will take my place". Credit: Library of Congress.

Firemen's muster. Boothbay center, Maine. Volunteer fire companies compete for one hundred dollars to the company which can throw water farthest with hand-operated pumps. Credit: Library of Congress.

America House, Goodheart furniture store, 2101 K St. Chair detail and throw rug. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Thus, notwithstanding whatever title the kings of Assyria had over Judah, by the sword, God assisted Hezekiah to throw off the dominion of that conquering empire. (Second Treatise of Government)

But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The following day brought news from Richmond to throw every thing else into the background

Have they the right to throw snow into our backs when we are going along quietly like that without doing any harm to anybody

Throw away the first three at least

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

These babies may also throw up a green liquid called bile after eating and their abdomens may swell. (references)

Wall-to-wall carpets should be replaced with washable throw rugs over hardwood, tile, or linoleum floors. (references)

Spray dead rodents with disinfectant, then double-bag along with all cleaning materials and bury or burn—or throw out in appropriate waste disposal system. (references)

Business

Greater awareness of health issues generally will also throw up opportunities in sectors ranging from food to exercise and counseling services. (references)

Civil Liberties

Haiti

They began to throw stones and fire weapons. (references)

Economic History

Russia

Russia is deeply involved in creating a tax system which is comparable with those of advanced, market economies, and in bringing some relief from levels of taxation which throw out of balance the government's needs for revenue and businesses' needs to grow. (references)

Human Rights

Belize

Courts throw out cases in which police have violated these rules. (references)

Women

Bangladesh

Assailants throw acid in the faces of numerous women and a small but growing number of men, leaving victims horribly disfigured and often blind. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "throw": a stones throw ♦ a stone's throw ♦ at a stone's throw ♦ charity throw ♦ crank throw ♦ dip throw ♦ discus throw ♦ free throw ♦ free throw lane ♦ free throw line ♦ hammer throw ♦ have a throw ♦ i throw down ♦ i throw out ♦ javelin throw ♦ penalty free throw ♦ shoulder throw ♦ stone throw ♦ stones throw ♦ stone's throw ♦ stratigraphic throw ♦ throw a banquet ♦ throw a bridge ♦ throw a bridge over a river ♦ throw a diner ♦ throw a farewell party ♦ throw a fight ♦ throw a fit ♦ throw a glance at smb. ♦ throw a kiss ♦ throw a party ♦ throw a question ♦ throw a race ♦ throw a sop to ♦ throw a sop to Cerberus ♦ throw a sprat to catch a mackarel ♦ throw a sprat to catch a whale ♦ throw a stone ♦ throw a stone at smb. ♦ throw a stone in one's own garden ♦ throw about ♦ throw again ♦ throw around ♦ throw aside ♦ throw at ♦ throw away ♦ throw away a chance ♦ throw back ♦ throw bridge across ♦ throw by ♦ throw caution to the winds ♦ throw cold water on ♦ throw dirt at smb. ♦ throw discredit on ♦ throw discus ♦ throw down ♦ throw down the gage to smb. ♦ throw down the gauntlet ♦ throw down the glove ♦ throw dust in smb.'s eyes ♦ throw dust into one's eyes ♦ throw dust into smb.'s eyes ♦ throw in ♦ throw in ones hand ♦ throw in one's hand ♦ throw in one's teeth ♦ throw in prison ♦ throw in the towel ♦ throw in with ♦ throw into ♦ throw into a jail ♦ throw into a turmoil ♦ throw into battle ♦ throw into confusion ♦ throw into engagement ♦ throw into prison ♦ throw into relief ♦ throw into the shade ♦ throw it out! ♦ Throw lathe ♦ throw light upon a matter ♦ throw light upon smth. ♦ throw line ♦ throw money down the drain ♦ throw mud ♦ throw mud at smb. ♦ throw off ♦ throw off the balance ♦ throw off the mask ♦ throw off the scent ♦ throw off the trail ♦ throw off the yoke ♦ throw on ♦ throw on the scrap heap ♦ throw one's arms in the air ♦ throw one's cap over the windmill ♦ throw one's cap over the windmills ♦ throw one's hat in the ring ♦ throw one's head back ♦ throw one's money down the drain ♦ throw oneself. Additional references.

Beginning with "throw": throw-a-dice-and-take-off-some-clothes, throw-away, throw-away price, throw-back, throw-backable, Throw-crook, throw-fetch, throw-forward, throw-in, throw-ins, throw-it-all-in, throw-it-all-in-a-pot, throw-it-away, throw-off, throw-off, throw-offs, throw-out, throw-out lever, throw-outs, throw-over, throw-rugs, throw-up, throw-weight, throw-yourself-off.

Ending with "throw": pay-to-throw.

Afrikaans

gooi. (various references)

Albanian

hedh (aim, cast, cheat, chuck, dart, dash, diddle, discard, dispose of, down-load, drop, evade, flash, fling, flip, fob, fob off, have, heave, hose, hurl, land, launch, pitch, pour out, project, push, rain, release, scrap, send, set down, sink, sling, spill, sprinkle, strew, swing, tap, throw away, throw down, throw over, toss, touch off, transfer, winnow). (various references)

Arabic 

‏طرح سؤلا, ‏رجم (lapidate, stone, surmise, throwing), ‏رمى (bin, bowl along, cast, cast down, chuck, discard, lance, pitch, pop, project, sling, strike in, sweep, tilt), ‏رمي (disposal, throwing), ‏رمية (pitch, put), ‏أقام حفلة, ‏ألقى (cast, cast down, deliver, dump, fasten, lay down, lot, recite, set down, shift, throw down), ‏بنى سدا, ‏خسر المباراة متعمدا, ‏فك التعشيق, ‏سجن (be imprisoned, can, clap, clink, confine, cooler, detain, detention, gaol, hatch, hock, immure, imprison, imprisonment, incarcerate, incarceration, intern, internment, jail, jug, lock up, lockup, log cabin, mure, nick, penitentiary, pokey, prison, quod, send up, stir), ‏غزل (flirtation, gallant, spin, spinning, string, yarn), ‏قذف (accuse of, aspersion, calumniate, cast, casting, charge with, defamation, defame, discharge, disgorge, ejaculation, eject, ejectment, emit, expel, extrude, extrusion, fling, libel, malediction, malign, mud, mudslinging, obloquy, pelt, pelt with, pitch, projection, puke, row, scandal, slander, speak evil of, strike with, striking, throw out, throwing, toss, vilify, vituperate, vomit), ‏نظم حفلة, ‏نفث دخانا, ‏هجر (break away, cast aside, dereliction, desert, desertion, disuse, drop out, emigratory, expel, expose, flee, forsake, immigrate, jettison, leave, neglect, quit, relinquish, renounce, scrap, skive, strand, surrender, waive, weigh anchor), ‏مغامرة (adventure, adventurousness, enterprise, escapade, flier, flyer, foolhardiness, gamble, hazard, recklessness, risk, riskiness, venture), ‏إلقاء (declamation, delivery, repetition, throwing). (various references)

Aymara

jaqomucuña (to throw away), jaqoña (to throw). (various references)

Basque

bota (shoe, throw away to). (various references)

Bulgarian 

наклон (batter, bevel, bias, declension, declivity, dip, fall, grade, gradient, incidence, inclination, incline, inflection, inflexion, lean, leaning, low-grade, rake, ramp, rise, skew, slant, slope, tilt, versant), изхвърлям (bounce, cast aside, cast away, detrude, discharge, dump, ejaculate, eject, excrete, expel, out, project, push out, put out, reject, relegate, sack, shoot out, spew, spill, spirt, spurt, throw out, throw up, thrust forth, tip, turf out, vomit, whop), изработвам на на струг, изработвам на грънчарско колело, изстрелвам (loose, project, set off, shoot, shoot away, shoot off, touch off, volley, wing), плисвам (dash, fling, pour down, slop), плискам (plash, slosh, slush, spatter, splash), поливам (irrigate, pour, water), поваляне (fall, felling, prostration), пръскам (bespatter, frizz, scatter, shed, shoot, spatter, spit, splash, sprinkle, squirt, throw about), амплитуда (amplitude, range), запращам (aim, dash, drive, hurl, leg it, pitch, project, send, smash, sock, speed, whirl), запращане (hurl, precipitation, projection), изливам (disgorge, effuse, pour, rain, regurgitate, run, tip off, unload, wreak), мятане (cast, fling, flounce, hurl, jactation, jactitation, projection, shy, toss), усуквам (convolve, equivocate, lay, palter, strand, tergiversate, twist), грънчарско колело (lathe, wheel), точа (edge, grind, hone, reel, roll out, set, sharpen, whet), църкам, ход на бутало (travel), ход на мотовилка, хвърлям (aim, broadcast, cast, cob, dart, dash, draw, fling, fling down, flung, heave, hurl, hurtle, jerk, launch, pass, pitch, plunk, pounce, precipitate, project, send, shadow, shed, shoot, shoot out, sling, sock, throw off, throw out, toss, toss about, whop), хвърляне (cast, casting, delivery, draught, fling, heave, hurl, hurling, pitch, precipitation, projection, release, shy, sling, throwing, toss), хвърляне на зар, хвърляне на рибарска мрежа, раждам (be confined, bear, beget, breed, bring forth, drop, fawn, give, give birth, have, labor, labour, lie in wait, mother, procreate, produce, spawn, whelp), разсед (dipper, fault, leap, thrust), сменям (alternate, change, change off, change round, exchange, interchange, relay, shift, spell, swap, switch over to, transfer), мятам (cast, drive, fling, launch, pitch, put on, sell, send, shaft, shoot, sling, slip over, spoof, swing, toss, tumble about). (various references)

Catalan

vomitar (throw up, vomit). (various references)

Chinese 

投掷 (Darted, Darting, Pelted, Pelting, slinging, Slung, Threw, Throwing, thrown, thrown-away, Throw-off), 扔 , 拽 (drag), 攛 (fling, hurry, rage, rush, stir up), 撇 (cast away), 丟掉 . (various references)

Czech

házet (cast, wobble). (various references)

Danish

kaste. (various references)

Dutch

werpen, uitspelen, keilen, gooien (toss). (various references)

Esperanto

ĵeti. (various references)

Faeroese

kasta. (various references)

Farsi 

پرتاب (Hurl, Jaculation, Jet, Pitch, Pounce, Projection, Put, Shove, Shy, Tilt, Toss), پرت کردن (Hurl, Hurtle, Impinge, Jaculate, Launch, Shy, Toss), ویران کردن (Demolish, Desolate, Destroy, Devastate, Gaunt, Harry, Havoc, Knockout, Ravage, Raze, Rubble, Ruinate), افکندن (Cast, Droop, Give, Shed, Upend), انداختن (Cast, Delete, Drop, Hitch, Hurl, Hurtle, Jaculate, Launch, Layaway, Omit, Put, Relegate, Shovel, Sling, Slough, Souse, Thrust, Toss). (various references)

Finnish

heittää (cast, fling, hurl, toss). (various references)

French

jeter (throw away, throw out, throw up), jet (throwing). (various references)

Frisian

goaie. (various references)

German

werfen (bowl, bowling, cast, drop, fling, flung, heave, litter, pitch, score, shy away, thrust, to pitch, to throw, toss), zwirnen (to twine, twine), Wurf (bodyslam, bowl, cast, fall, litter, pitch, shot, shy, success, throwing, toss). (various references)

Greek 

πετώ (cast, cast off, chuck, discard, dump, fleet, fling, fly, hurl, jet, wing). (various references)

Hawaiian

hedh. (various references)

Hebrew 

לידות (cast, hurl, pelt), לירות (fire, pour water, shoot), לקלע (shoot at the target), לזרוק (cast, dash, hurl, pelt, pitch, sprinkle, toss), להשליך (cast, cast away, expel, pitch, shed), להטיל (cast, drop, hurl, lay, lay down, project, put in, toss), לטלטל (fling about, hurl, move, shake, stagger, swing, toss, yank), זָרַק,, זוֹרֵק, יְזרוֹק, לִזרוֹק, זריקה (cast, injection, pelt, projection, sprinkling, throwing, toss), זרק, השלכה (cast, fling, implication, import, projection, throwing away). (various references)

Hungarian

hajítás (cast, casting, fling, hurl, jet, pitch, pitching, projection, shy, toss), dobás (cast, fling, jet, pitch, pitching, put, shot, shy, sling, throwing, toss, whirling), dob (barrel, cast, drum, fling, jilt, launch, sling, to bung, to ground, to heave, to jilt, to launch, to let fly, to pitch, to shy). (various references)

Icelandic

kasta. (various references)

Indonesian

menghempaskan (hurl something against), mengempaskan (dasb, slam), gelusak (trouble), buang. (various references)

Irish

caithfidh. (various references)

Italian

gettare (bandy, burgeon, cast, chuck, dash, fling, heave, hurl, spout, throw oneself, toss), tiro (cast, draft, draught, draw, drawing, farce, fire, haul, horse, jape, joke, prank, puff, shooting, shot, team, trick), alzata (riser). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

投入 (investment, making), スレート葺 (slate roof, slave, slayer, slender, slow, thread). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

スロー (slow), とうにゅう (investment, making, soy milk). (various references)

Korean 

던짐 (Flinging, Plunging, slinging, Throwing, tossing). (various references)

Malay

lempar ... melempar. (various references)

Manx

tilgey (abort, cast, cast off, casting, chuck, discharge, disgorge, ejection, fling, hurl, launch; throwing, miscarriage, miscarry, misconception; found, moulting, pitch, plunge, pot, precipitate, precipitation, project, projection, shedding, shoot, sling, toss, toss up, toss up coin, tossing, void, vomit, vomiting), straih-fout, orraghey (bolt, cast, charge, discharge, flight, round of ammunition, shot, shy, sling), lhieggey (bowl over, cataract, chop down, demolish, dismount, downfall, drop, fall, fall down, fell, fire, hew, overbalance, overflow, pick off, pull down, run over, spill, strike, striking, topple, tumble, weigh down), ceau (aim, carry, consume, corner, corner on road, dart, fall, hang, last, loose, pass, pelt, rain, rake, run out, shoot, shower; launch, shy; weather, spend, wear). (various references)

Maya

chin (to throw). (various references)

Norwegian

kaste (hurl). (various references)

Occitan

traire, tirar (fling, hurl), lançar. (various references)

Papiamen

tira, benta. (various references)

Pig Latin

owthray.(various references)

Polish

rzucać. (various references)

Portuguese

lançar (aim, blast off, carry, cast, cob, dart, fling, give over, interject, jerk, launch, lay, pitch, plant, project, pump, pump up, put, send, shake, shoot, slam, sling, spit, throw up, toss, vomit), atirar (accelerate, aim, bandy, bowl, bung, cast, cob, dart, deliver, detrude, drive, fling, give over, gun, heave, launch, loose, pitch, project, pump up, put, shoot, sling, strike), arremessar (bolt, cob, dash, give over, hurl, jerk, knock, launch, pitch, plump, shoot, sling, strike). (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian

jogar (to throw). (various references)

Romanian

arunca (bowl, cast, cast aside, cast away, cast off, chuck, cob, dart, dash, deliver, discard, drop, fling, huddle on, hurl, jet, jettison, launch, peg, pelt at, pitch, pluck, plump, plunge into, precipitate, project, put, reject, rush, send, shoot, slam, sling, throw away, throw off, throw out, toss, tumble). (various references)

Russian 

бросать (cast, cast off, на корме, dart, dash, drop, dump, fling, give over, give up, heave, hurl, jilt, launch, pitched, plant, project, put, quit, relinquish, shoot, slam down, slinging, slings, slung, threw, throw over, thrown, toss). (various references)

Scottish

tilg (cast, cast out, fling, vomit). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

lažirati (fix, frame, rig), izbacivati (eject), izbaciti (belch, cut out, delete, dispose, dispose of, eject, jerk, scavenge, throw out, turf out, warp), hod (gait, pace, tread, walk), domašaj (range, reach), baciti (bung, cast, chuck, dart, dash, fling, heave, hurl, hurtle, peg, pitch, project, shoot, slap, sling, throw out, toss), bacati (cast), bacanje (cast, chuck, fling, heave, hurl, pitch, pitching, put, roll, throwing, toss, tossing). (various references)

Shona

-kanda (to throw). (various references)

Sicilian

buttari (to throw). (various references)

Spanish

lanzar (aim, bring out, cast, dart, dash, deliver, drop, ejaculate, fling, give, heave, hurl, hurtle, introduce, lance, launch, lower, pitch, put, release, send, send up, set up, shoot, sling, tell off, throw down, throw in, throw out, toss), echar (add, affix, blow, blow out, bud, cast, cast up, chuck, chuck out, detrude, draw, drop, eject, fall back, fasten, kick out, lay, order off, order out, oust, post, pour, pump, push out, put, put down as, put forth, put on, put out, send, send away, send forth, send out, shoot, shoot forth, shoot out, sick, tack on, tell off, throw away, throw in, throw on, throw out, throw up, tick off, tip, toss, toss away, toss over, turf out, turn out), tirar (burn, cast, discard, dispose of, drag, draw, draw out, fire, haul, heave, kiss off, knock off, lay, pitch, print, pull, shoot, tell off, throw about, throw aside, throw away, throw out, to throw, toss away, toss over, tug, turn out), tirada (circulation, gunshot, heave, impression, issue, print, printing, run, toss). (various references)

Sranan

iti, fringi. (various references)

Swazi

kú-phonsa (to throw). (various references)

Swedish

kasta (bowl, cast, chuck, dart, dash, fling, flip, heave, hurl, hurtle, jerk, launch, lob, pelt, pitch, pitchfork, project, send, shoot, shy, toss), slunga (dart, fling, hurl, hurtle, launch, sling), slänga (chuck, dangle, dash, fling, flip, gulp, send, shy, slam, swingle, toss), kast (bowling, case, cast, caste, chuck, cockshot, cockshy, fling, heave, hurl, jerk, pitch, shy, toss). (various references)

Turkish

atmak (affix, beat, blow, blow out, cashier, cast, cast away, cast off, catapult, chuck, chuck away, chuck out, dart, dash, deliver, discharge, doff, draw the longbow, drop, eject, elbow out, elbow smb. out, eliminate, fabricate, fetch, fib, flash, fling, fling away, fling out, fuse, fuze, give a kick, heave, hurl, inflict, insert, invent, junk, launch, let fly, loose, loose off, order off, peg, peg at, pelt, pitch, precipitate, project, pulsate, pulse, put, scutch, send, shoot, shoot out, shy, sling, tell a fib, tell lies, throw away, throw into, toss, uncork, utter, void). (various references)

Turkmen 

zyсmak, keseklemek (toss), atmak (put, shoot). (various references)

Ukrainian

спрямовувати (address, aread, beam, bend, direct, govern, head, intend, operate, put, set), кидок (cast, chuck, dart, fling, lunge, pitch, push, shy), кидатися (chop, dash, fling, go at, rush), кидати (abandon, aim, buzz, cast, chop, chuck, dart, dash, depart, desert, desolate, elance, fall away, fling, pack in, pelt, pitch, plonk, project, sling, throw down, throw up, toss), кидання (cast, casting, fling, heaving, hurling, pelt, pitching, projection, put, throwing, toss), вивергати (disgorge, effuse, ejaculate, emit, erupt, regorge, regurgitate), метання (cast, casting, put). (various references)

Vietnamese 

sự vứt (fling, flung, threw, thrown), sự quăng (cast, fling, flung, threw, thrown), sự ném (fling, flung, pitch, threw, thrown). (various references)

Welsh

taflu (cast, fling, hurl), tafliad (setback), lluchio (drift, fling, pelt), lluchiad, lluchfa (snowdrift), ergydio (cast, strike), bwrw (cast, imagine, shed, spend, strike, suppose, woof). (various references)

Yucatec

ch'iin. (various references)

�ub. (various references)

abicere, abiciam, abiciamus, abicias, abiciat, abicient, abicientes, abiciet, abicietur, abicio, abicis, abicit, abicite, abicitis, abicitur, abiecerat, abiecerint, abiecerunt, abieci, abiecisset, abiecisti, abiecit, abiecta, abiectae, abiectam, abiecti, abiectum, abiectus, coniecturam, demoliar, demolient, demolientes, demolientur, demolierunt, demolietur, demolire, demolirer, demolita, demoliti, demolitum, demolitur, demolitus, demoliuntur, eice, eicere, eicerent, eiceret, eiciam, eiciant, eiciat, eiciebant, eiciebat, eiciens, eicient, eicientem, eicientes, eicientur, eiciet, eicio, eicis, eicit, eicite, eicitur, eiciunt, eieceram, eiecerat, eiecerint, eiecero, eiecerunt, eieci, eiecimus, eiecique, eiecissent, eiecisset, eiecisti, eiecistis, eiecit, eiecitque, eiecta, eiectam, eiecti, eiectis, eiecto, eiectos, eiectum, iace, iacere, iacerent, iaceret, iachin, iaciam, iaciat, iaciebant, iaciendos, iaciens, iacientes, iacies, iaciet, iacio, iacitur, iacobi, iacta, iactabatur, iactabitis, iactandos, iactantes, iactantibus, iactaret, iactasset, iactat, iactatis, iactaverunt, iacto, iactu, iactus, iecerit, iecit, inice, iniciam, inicient, iniecerunt, miseram, miserant, miserat, miserim, miseris, miserit, miseritis, miseritque, misero, miserunt, miseruntque, misi, misimus, misique, misissem, misissent, misisset, misisti, misistis, misit, misitque, missa, missae, missi, missis, misso, missum, missurus, missus, mittam, mittamus, mittant, mittantur, mittas, mittat, mittatis, mittatur, mitte, mittebam, mittebant, mittebantque, mittebantur, mittebat, mittebatque, mittemini, mittendas, mittendum, mittendus, mittens, mittensque, mittent, mittentem, mittentes, mittentis, mittentur, mittere, mitterem, mitterent, mitteret, mitteretur, mitteris, mittes, mittet, mittetis, mittetur, mitti, mittimus, mittis, mittit, mittite, mittitur, mitto, mittoque, mittunt, mittuntur. (various references)

sceaotan. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "throw": throwaway, throwaways, throwback, throwbacks, thrower, throwers, throwing, thrown, throws, throwster, throwsters. (additional references)

Words ending with "throw": misthrow, outthrow, overthrow, upthrow, windthrow. (additional references)

Words containing "throw": flamethrower, flamethrowers, misthrowing, misthrown, misthrows, outthrowing, outthrown, outthrows, overthrowing, overthrown, overthrows, upthrowing, upthrown, upthrows, windthrows. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Throw" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Athro, Etherow, therow, thiro, Thiroux, thork, thow, thr, thra, throd, throg, throk, throm, thros, throt, throu, throwt, thruw, triw, trouw, truw, trw, trwo, tvro. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: rowth, whort, worth, wroth.

-1 letter: thro, trow, wort.

-2 letters: hot, how, ort, rho, rot, row, tho, tor, tow, two, who, wot.

-3 letters: ho, oh, or, ow, to, wo.

+1 letter: growth, rowths, thrown, throws, trowth, whorts, worths, worthy.

+2 letters: growths, growthy, thrower, trowths, upthrow, warthog, whereto, whortle, worthed, wrought.

+3 letters: hawthorn, honewort, hornwort, howitzer, ingrowth, lathwork, misthrow, outthrew, outthrow, outwhirl, regrowth, throwers, throwing, unworthy, upgrowth, upthrown, upthrows, warmouth, warthogs, watthour, whortles, worthful, worthier, worthies, worthily, worthing, wrothful.

+4 letters: airworthy, birthwort, blowtorch, catchword, dowitcher, downright, earthwork, earthworm, flowchart, forthwith, growthier, handwrote, hawthorns, heartwood, heartworm, honeworts, hornworts, howitzers, ingrowths, lathworks, misthrown, misthrows, nongrowth, northward, northwest, nowhither, otherwise, outgrowth, outthrown, outthrows, outwhirls, overthrew, overthrow, patchwork, regrowths, rewrought, seaworthy, shortwave, southward, stalworth, throwaway, throwback, throwster, toothwort, torchwood, upgrowths, warmouths, watchword, watthours, whereinto, whereunto, windthrow, wirephoto, wordsmith, worksheet, worthiest, worthless.