Throw

/θɹəʊ/

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

Definition

verb

To hurl; to cause an object to move rapidly through the air.
“throw a shoe; throw a javelin; the horse threw its rider”
To send (an error) to an exception-handling mechanism in order to interrupt normal processing.
“If the file is read-only, the method throws an invalid-operation exception.”

verb

In any game, to decline to play in one's turn.
To change place.

Synonyms bowl bung buzz cast catapult chuck

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