- the act of throwing something, especially a ball or dice
- a well-aimed throw
- It's your throw (= it's your turn to throw the dice).
- He threw me to the ground with a judo throw.
- a throw of the dice
- the distance that something is thrown
- a javelin throw of 57 metres
- a loose cloth cover that can be placed over a sofa, etc.
Word OriginOld English thrāwan ‘to twist, turn’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch draaien and German drehen, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin terere ‘to rub’, Greek teirein ‘wear out’. The current senses which express propulsion and sudden action, date from Middle English.
Idioms
See throw in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary$100, £50, etc. a throw
- (informal) used to say how much items cost each
- The tickets for the dinner were £50 a throw.
a stone’s throw
- a very short distance away
- We live just a stone's throw from here.
- The hotel is within a stone's throw of the beach.
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