Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

throw

/θɹoʊ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.83 in modern English

Syllables
throw
IPA
/θɹoʊ/
11
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To hurl; to release (an object) with some force from one’s hands, an apparatus, etc. so that it moves rapidly through the air.

Transitive verb

verb

To eject or cause to fall off.

Transitive verb

verb

To move to another position or condition; to displace.

Transitive verb

verb

To make (a pot) by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel.

Transitive verb

verb

To deliver (the ball) illegally by straightening the bowling arm during delivery.

Transitive verb

verb

To send (an error) to an exception-handling mechanism in order to interrupt normal processing.

Transitive verb

verb

To intentionally lose a game.

verb

(of a game where one’s role is throwing something) To perform in a specified way in (a match).

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English throwen, thrawen, from Old English þrāwan (“to turn, twist”), from Proto-West Germanic *þrāan, from Proto-Germanic *þrēaną (“to twist, turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to rub, rub by twisting, twist, turn”). Cognate with Scots thraw (“to twist, turn, throw”), West Frisian triuwe (“to push”), Dutch draaien (“to turn”), Low German draien, dreien (“to turn (in a lathe)”), German drehen (“to turn”). Displaced warp as the word for hurling and was displaced by warp as the word for twisting. The use in computing comes from the fact, that in programming languages a statement reporting an error interrupts normal processing and sends an error object up the function calling stack until a handling statement intercepts it. Thus an “object” is “thrown” and “flies” until it is “caught”.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *terh₁-, throwen, þrāwan, *þrāan, *þrēaną, -

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /θɹoʊ/
  • British English: /θɹəʊ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

throws (present, singular) throwing (participle, present) threw (past) throwed (nonstandard, past) thrown (participle, past) throwed (nonstandard, participle) threw (nonstandard, participle) no-table-tags (table tags) glossary (inflection template) threw (first person, past) throwest (archaic, present) threw (past, second person)

Derived Forms

bethrow counterthrow forthrow misthrow offthrow outthrow overthrow rethrow thirl throller throwability throwable

Phrases

dip me in chocolate and throw me to the lesbians like throwing a hot dog down a hallway like throwing a sausage down a hallway people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones throw a bone to throw about throw a fit throw a kiss

Synonyms

bung cast fling hurl eject throw off displace relocate take a dive pass throwover throw blanket

Homonyms

throe

Antonyms

catch

Rhymes With

so no so-so know go show though oh ago low although co

Questions

How do you pronounce throw?
The recorded pronunciation is /θɹoʊ/.
What does throw mean?
To hurl; to release (an object) with some force from one’s hands, an apparatus, etc. so that it moves rapidly through the air.
Where does throw come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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