throwing

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈθɹoʊ.ɪŋ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈθɹəʊ.ɪŋ/

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Verb

throwing

1. present participle and gerund of throw

Noun

throwing (countable and uncountable, plural throwings)

1. The act by which something is thrown.
   • 1909, Booth Tarkington, Beasley's Christmas Party:

     […] it looked like a house where they played charades, where there would be long streamers of evergreen and dozens of wreaths of holly at Christmas-time, where there were tearful, happy weddings and great throwings of rice after little brides […]

2. The process of making ceramic ware on the potter's wheel

Derived terms

• axe throwing
• cock throwing
• stone-throwing
• throwing ax
• throwing axe
• throwing knife
• throwing star
• throwing stick
• throwing table
• throwing wheel

 

Translations

making ceramic ware

• Finnish: dreijaus
• Swedish: drejning (sv) c

Anagrams

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