Throw

/ฮธษนษ™สŠ/

The meaning and definition of Throw, with examples, synonyms, and a word game to make it stick.

Definition

verb
  1. To hurl; to cause an object to move rapidly through the air.
    โ€œthrow a shoe; throw a javelin; the horse threw its riderโ€
  2. To send (an error) to an exception-handling mechanism in order to interrupt normal processing.
    โ€œIf the file is read-only, the method throws an invalid-operation exception.โ€
verb
  1. In any game, to decline to play in one's turn.
  2. To change place.

Definitions from the Free Dictionary API

Synonyms bowl bung buzz cast catapult chuck

Origin

From Middle English throwen.

Source: Etymological Wordnet (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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