thrower

See also: Thrower

English

Etymology

From Middle English thrower, equivalent to throw +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• Audio (General Australian):

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Noun

thrower (plural throwers)

1. Someone who throws.
2. Something that throws.
3. A flamethrower.
   • 1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 239:

     Twenty yards or so of the fence was lying flat, with the posts snapped off. I rigged it up temporarily there and then and played the thrower back and forth, giving the things enough of a scorching to prevent more trouble for a few hours at least.

4. (archaic) One who throws or twists silk; a throwster.
5. (archaic) One who shapes vessels on a throwing engine.
6. (cricket) A bowler who illegally throws the ball instead of bowling it.
7. (baseball, slang, 1800s) The pitcher.

Derived terms

• bolt thrower
• bomb thrower
• bull-thrower
• discus thrower
• flamethrower
• hammer thrower
• javelin thrower
• knife thrower
• line thrower
• pie thrower
• sand thrower
• snowthrower
• spearthrower

Translations

someone who or something that throws

• Afrikaans: werper
• Arabic: رَامٍ (rāmin)
• Bulgarian: хвърляч m (hvǎrljač), метателен апарат m (metatelen aparat)
• Danish: kaster c
• Finnish: heittäjä (fi)
• German: Werfer (de) m, Werferin (de) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kaster (no) m

  Nynorsk: kastar (nn) m

• Persian: پرتابنده (partābande), افکننده (afkanande)

Anagrams

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