throwing

English · Thesaurus

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

throwing

/ˈθɹoʊ.ɪŋ/ US
/ˈθɹəʊ.ɪŋ/ UK

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of throw

noun throwings

countable, uncountable 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 […]
countable, uncountable The process of making ceramic ware on the potter's wheel

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: hurl, cast, flip, shake off, hold, throw away, cast off, stroke, shed, throw off, bedevil, discombobulate, fuddle, confuse, bemuse, befuddle

Talk about this word

Cite this

MLA

"throwing." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/throwing. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

throwing. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/throwing

Chicago

"throwing." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/throwing.

BibTeX

@misc{throwing_2026,
  title = {throwing},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/throwing},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}