throw Synonyms & Antonyms

Throw in a Sentence

throw a shoe; throw a javelin

the horse threw its rider

throw the switch

If the file is read-only, the method throws an invalid-operation exception.

The tennis player was accused of taking bribes to throw the match.

The pitcher threw a perfect game.

The deliberate red herring threw me at first.

Their sergeant threw the troops into pitched battle.

The magistrate ordered the suspect to be thrown into jail.

She was known for throwing the craziest parties in college.

I threw scissors but she threw rock and beat me.

The teens were throwing gang signs.

The barman taught me how to throw a cocktail.

a thrown nail

With an accurate throw, he lassoed the cow.

What a great throw by the quarterback!

The gambler staked everything on one throw of the dice.

He’s always had a pretty decent throw.

a stone's throw

the throw of the piston

Football tickets are expensive at fifty bucks a throw.

He's always had a pretty decent throw.

throw a shoe; throw a javelin; the horse threw its rider

throw a baseball

a rifle that can throw a bullet a mile

threw a no-hitter

threw his opponent

the problem didn't throw her

threw herself down on the sofa

the ship was thrown on a reef

threw her arms around him

thrown into chaos

threw him into prison

threw on a coat

threw all his efforts into the boy's defense

throw their weight behind the proposal

threw a pontoon bridge over the river

throw a party

threw a temper tantrum

throw a game

throw a bowling ball

the setting sun threw long shadows

throw some light on the matter

threw himself on the mercy of the court

throwing tricks on a skateboard

throws a good crop

threw large litters

he threw the car into reverse

the wine throws sediment

threw a life preserver to the drowning man

the attacker threw his victim to the ground

a desperate throw, that could jump-start his presidential campaign or end it right there

threw on a sweater and headed outside

threw her arms around him / thrown into chaos / threw him into prison

threw all his efforts into the boy's defense / throw their weight behind the proposal

Word Forms & Grammar

threw

thrown

throw·ing

throw·er noun

throw

thrower

throwers

throwing

throws

a throw

throw money at

throw one's weight about

throw one's weight around

throw to the wolves

throw (on)

throw on

throw (third-person singular simple present throws, present participle throwing, simple past threw or (nonstandard) throwed, past participle thrown or (nonstandard) throwed or (nonstandard) threw)

throw (plural throws)

throw (third-person singular simple present throws, present participle throwing, simple past threw, past participle thrown)

Words That Rhyme With Throw

Origin of Throw

Origin 1: Middle English throwen "to propel through the air, cause to fall, drive forcefully, turn on a lathe," going back to Old English þrāwan "to twist, wring, (intransitive) turn round, writhe, curl," going back to West Germanic *þrēan- (whence also Old Frisian drāia "to turn," Old Saxon thrāian "to cause to rotate, turn on a lathe," Middle Dutch draeyen "to turn," Old High German drâen "to turn, twist"), probably going back to Indo-European *treh1- "rub, bore," whence in Germanic "bore through with a turning motion, turn"

Origin 2: derivative of throw:1

Origin 3: 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”).

Origin 4: 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”).

Origin 5: Displaced warp as the word for hurling and was displaced by warp as the word for twisting.

Origin 6: 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”.

First Known Use

14th centuryt

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