throwing
nounUS /ˈθɹoʊ.ɪŋ/ · UK /ˈθɹəʊ.ɪŋ/
1
The act by which something is thrown.
- […] it looked like a house where they played charades, where there would be long streamers of evergreen and dozens of wreaths of holly at Christmas-time, where there were tearful, happy weddings and great throwings of rice after little brides […]1909, Booth Tarkington, Beasley's Christmas Party:
2
The process of making ceramic ware on the potter's wheel
- Derived terms
- axe throwing, cock throwing, flamethrowing, nonthrowing, shadow-throwing, stone-throwing, throwing ax, throwing axe, throwing knife, throwing star, throwing stick, throwing stone, throwing table, throwing wheel