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throw
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: thr?, IPA(key): /????/, [??????]
- (US) enPR: thr?, IPA(key): /??o?/, [????o?]
- Rhymes: -??
- Homophone: throe
Etymology 1
From Middle English throwen, thrawen, from Old English þr?wan (“to turn, twist, curl, rack, torture, turn around”), from Proto-West Germanic *þr?an, from Proto-Germanic *þr?an? (“to twist, turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *terh?- (“to rub, rub by twisting, twist, turn”). 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”), Danish dreje (“to turn”), Swedish dreja (“to turn”), Albanian dredh (“to turn, twist, tremble”), Bulgarian ??????????? (izt?rvávam, “to drop”).
Verb
throw (third-person singular simple present throws, present participle throwing, simple past threw, past participle thrown)
- (transitive) To hurl; to cause an object to move rapidly through the air.
- Synonyms: bowl, bung, buzz, cast, catapult, chuck, dash, direct, fire, fling, flip, heave, hurl, launch, lob, pitch, project, propel, send, shoot, shy, sling, toss, whang
- (transitive) To eject or cause to fall off.
- Synonyms: eject, throw off
- (transitive) To move to another position or condition; to displace.
- Synonyms: displace, relocate
- (ceramics) To make (a pot) by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel.
- (transitive, cricket, of a bowler) to deliver (the ball) illegally by straightening the bowling arm during delivery.
- (transitive, computing) To send (an error) to an exception-handling mechanism in order to interrupt normal processing.
- (sports, video games) To intentionally lose a game.
- 2012, August 1. Peter Walker and Haroon Siddique in Guardian Unlimited, Eight Olympic badminton players disqualified for 'throwing games'
- Four pairs of women's doubles badminton players, including the Chinese top seeds, have been ejected from the Olympic tournament for trying to throw matches in an effort to secure a more favourable quarter-final draw.
- Synonym: take a dive
- 2012, August 1. Peter Walker and Haroon Siddique in Guardian Unlimited, Eight Olympic badminton players disqualified for 'throwing games'
- (transitive, informal) To confuse or mislead.
- (figuratively) To send desperately.
- (transitive) To imprison.
- 1818, Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
- The plot of Felix was quickly discovered, and De Lacey and Agatha were thrown into prison.
- 1993, Margaret McKee, Fred Chisenhall, Beale black & blue: life and music on black America's main street - Page 30
- The standard method of dealing with an addict was to arrest him, throw him into a cell, and leave him until the agonizing pangs of withdrawal were over.
- 1818, Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
- To organize an event, especially a party.
- 1979, Working Mother, July 1979, Page 72[1]
- Should you be interested, for whatever reason, it will tell you how to throw a party for your 40-year-old husband or your 100-year-old great-grandmother. It also describes games that can be played at various kinds of parties […]
- 1979, Working Mother, July 1979, Page 72[1]
- (transitive, intransitive) To roll (a die or dice).
- 1844, Samuel Laing translating Snorri Sturluson, Heimskringla
- The kings came to the agreement between themselves that they would cast lots by the dice to determine who should have this property, and that he who threw the highest should have the district. The Swedish king threw two sixes, and said King Olaf need scarcely throw.
- 1844, Samuel Laing translating Snorri Sturluson, Heimskringla
- (transitive) To cause a certain number on the die or dice to be shown after rolling it.
- 1844, Samuel Laing translating Snorri Sturluson, Heimskringla
- The kings came to the agreement between themselves that they would cast lots by the dice to determine who should have this property, and that he who threw the highest should have the district. The Swedish king threw two sixes, and said King Olaf need scarcely throw.
- 1844, Samuel Laing translating Snorri Sturluson, Heimskringla
- (transitive, bridge) To discard.
- (martial arts) To lift the opponent off the ground and bring him back down, especially into a position behind the thrower.
- (transitive, said of one's voice) To change in order to give the illusion that the voice is that of someone else.
- (transitive) To show sudden emotion, especially anger.
- 1991, Janet L. Davies, Ellen Hastings Janosik, Mental health and psychiatric nursing: a caring approach
- Bill runs into the kitchen and tells Dad that Erik is throwing a tantrum. He tells Bill to go back and watch his program and to ignore his brother. Fifteen minutes later, Erik is still screaming […]
- 1996, New York Magazine, Vol. 29, No. 32, 19 Aug 1996; Entertaining Mrs Stone
- In 1975, pregnant with the second of her three children, she threw a hissy fit to get on a trip to Boston for elected officials.
- 1991, Janet L. Davies, Ellen Hastings Janosik, Mental health and psychiatric nursing: a caring approach
- (transitive) To project or send forth.
- To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.
- To twist two or more filaments of (silk, etc.) so as to form one thread; to twist together, as singles, in a direction contrary to the twist of the singles themselves; sometimes applied to the whole class of operations by which silk is prepared for the weaver.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Tomlinson to this entry?)
- (baseball, slang, of a team, a manager, etc.) To select (a pitcher); to assign a pitcher to a given role (such as starter or reliever).
- 2009, Michael T. Lynch, Jr., It Ain't So: A Might-Have-Been History of the White Sox in 1919 and Beyond, page 63 ?ISBN
- I have a minor quibble with Gleason's decision to throw Lefty Williams in Game Eight with the Series in the balance.
- 2009, Michael T. Lynch, Jr., It Ain't So: A Might-Have-Been History of the White Sox in 1919 and Beyond, page 63 ?ISBN
- (transitive) To install (a bridge).
- 1860, Fredrika Bremer (trans. Mary Howitt), Life in the Old World, v. 1, p. 164.
- […] across the rapid smaragdus-green waters, pouring onward into the country, are thrown three bridges ...
- 1860, Fredrika Bremer (trans. Mary Howitt), Life in the Old World, v. 1, p. 164.
- (obsolete, Scotland, Northern England) To twist or turn.
- (American football) Synonym of pass
- (transitive) (of a punch or boxing combination) to deliver
- 1941, Newsweek, Volume 18, p.54, [2]
- ···not only did I not want to throw a punch at him, I wanted to give him a solid silver token of thanks···
- 1941, Newsweek, Volume 18, p.54, [2]
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:throw
Derived terms
Translations
References
- The Dictionary of the Scots Language
Noun
throw (plural throws)
- The flight of a thrown object.
- The act of throwing something.
- 2006, Hans-Wolfgang Loidl, Trends in Functional Programming (volume 5, page 62)
- If the expression is a throw, we unwind the stack seeking a handler expression.
- 2006, Hans-Wolfgang Loidl, Trends in Functional Programming (volume 5, page 62)
- One's ability to throw.
- A distance travelled; displacement.
- 1947, James Jerome Gibson, Motion Picture Testing and Research (issue 7, page 49)
- The visibility of the screen image is affected by the length of throw of the projector, the type of projector, the intensity of the projector lamp, and the type of the screen.
- 1947, James Jerome Gibson, Motion Picture Testing and Research (issue 7, page 49)
- A piece of fabric used to cover a bed, sofa or other soft furnishing.
- A single instance, occurrence, venture, or chance.
Translations
Derived terms
- a stone's throw
- bike throw
- corner throw
- throw pillow
- throw-up
References
- Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?" Studio Potter Vol. 11, Number 1.[3]
Etymology 2
From Middle English throwe, alteration of thrawe, from Old English þr?wu (“labor pang, agony in childbirth or death”), akin to Old English þr?a (“affliction, pang”), þr?wan (“to suffer”). More at throe.
Noun
throw (plural throws)
- Pain, especially pain associated with childbirth; throe.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Spenser to this entry?)
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Dryden to this entry?)
- (veterinary) The act of giving birth in animals, especially in cows.
Verb
throw (third-person singular simple present throws, present participle throwing, simple past threw, past participle thrown)
- (transitive, said of animals) To give birth to.
- 1916, Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association: Volume 49
- At the end of the normal gestation period the cow threw two calf mummies as large as cats.
- 1916, Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association: Volume 49
Etymology 3
From Middle English, from Old English þr?h, þr?g (“space of time, period, while”). Of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to Gothic ???????????????????????????? (þragjan, “to run”).
Noun
throw (plural throws)
- (obsolete) A moment, time, occasion.
- (obsolete) A period of time; a while.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.iv:
- Downe himselfe he layd / Vpon the grassie ground, to sleepe a throw; / The cold earth was his couch, the hard steele his pillow.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.iv:
Synonyms
- stound
Etymology 4
Noun
throw (plural throws)
- Obsolete form of throe.
- 1806, The Evangelical Magazine (page 441)
- […] when we behold the fixed eye, the pale lips, the convulsive throws of death distorting the countenance; […]
- 1806, The Evangelical Magazine (page 441)
Anagrams
- -worth, Worth, whort, worth, wroth
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spin
English
Etymology
From Middle English spinnen, from Old English spinnan, from Proto-Germanic *spinnan?. Compare Low German spinnen, Dutch spinnen, German spinnen, Danish spinde, Swedish spinna.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sp?n/
- Rhymes: -?n
Verb
spin (third-person singular simple present spins, present participle spinning, simple past and past participle spun or span)
- (ergative) To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.
- I spun myself around a few times.
- Spin the ball on the floor.
- She spun around and gave him a big smile.
- (transitive) To make yarn by twisting and winding fibers together.
- They spin the cotton into thread.
- To present, describe, or interpret, or to introduce a bias or slant, so as to give something a favorable or advantageous appearance.
- (cricket, of a bowler) To make the ball move sideways when it bounces on the pitch.
- (cricket, of a ball) To move sideways when bouncing.
- (cooking) To form into thin strips or ribbons, as with sugar
- To form (a web, a cocoon, silk, etc.) from threads produced by the extrusion of a viscid, transparent liquid, which hardens on coming into contact with the air; said of the spider, the silkworm, etc.
- To shape, as malleable sheet metal, into a hollow form, by bending or buckling it by pressing against it with a smooth hand tool or roller while the metal revolves, as in a lathe.
- To move swiftly.
- to spin along the road in a carriage, on a bicycle, etc.
- To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet.
- Blood spins from a vein.
- (computing, programming, intransitive) To wait in a loop until some condition becomes true.
- (transitive, informal) To play (vinyl records, etc.) as a disc jockey.
- 2002, CMJ New Music Report (volume 70, number 12)
- However, for the past six years he has been spinning his novel blend of progressive house and trance music and is finally on the brink of becoming the next luminary DJ.
- 2002, CMJ New Music Report (volume 70, number 12)
- (intransitive) To use an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.
- An abnormal condition in journal bearings where the bearing seizes to the shaft that is rotating and rotates inside the journal, destroying both the shaft and the journal.
- (Britain, law enforcement, slang, transitive) To search rapidly.
- 2013, Nick Oldham, Psycho Alley
- But then again, unless someone struck lucky in those first few hours, there weren't even enough detectives to spin a drum [house].
- 2013, Nick Oldham, Psycho Alley
Synonyms
- (give something a favorable appearance): whitewash, sugarcoat, put lipstick on, gild, blandish, dress up
Hypernyms
- revolve
- rotate
- turn
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- turn around
Noun
spin (countable and uncountable, plural spins)
- Rapid circular motion.
- The car went into a spin.
- The skaters demonstrated their spins.
- He put some spin on the cue ball.
- (physics) A quantum angular momentum associated with subatomic particles, which also creates a magnetic moment.
- (countable, uncountable) A favourable comment or interpretation intended to bias opinion on an otherwise unpleasant situation.
- Try to put a positive spin on the disappointing sales figures.
- The politician was mocked in the press for his reliance on spin rather than facts.
- Synonym: propaganda
- (sports) Rotation of the ball as it flies through the air; sideways movement of the ball as it bounces.
- (aviation) A condition of flight where a stalled aircraft is simultaneously pitching, yawing and rolling in a spinning motion.
- A brief trip by vehicle, especially one made for pleasure.
- A bundle of spun material; a mass of strands and filaments.
- 1913, DH Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 1
- She left him alone, and went to get Annie a spin of toffee.
- 1913, DH Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 1
- A single play of a record by a radio station.
- 1996, Billboard (volume 108, number 12, page 37)
- Although the Loveless title showed the smallest increase in airplay in the top 10, its number of detections outpaced the nearest bulleted title by more than 350 spins.
- 1996, Billboard (volume 108, number 12, page 37)
- (Britain, prison slang) A search of a prisoner's cell for forbidden articles.
- 2002, Jeffrey Archer, A Prison Diary
- Mr Weedon explains that this is a cell search - known by prisoners as a spin - and for obvious reasons it has to be carried out without any warning.
- 2002, Jeffrey Archer, A Prison Diary
- (dated) Unmarried woman, spinster.
- 1893, Bithia Mary Croker, "To Let" in "To Let" etc., Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1906, p. 1, [2]
- Some years ago, when I was a slim young spin, I came out to India to live with my brother Tom […]
- 1893, Bithia Mary Croker, "To Let" in "To Let" etc., Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1906, p. 1, [2]
- (uncountable) The use of an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.
- (nautical) Short for spinnaker.
Derived terms
Translations
Anagrams
- Insp, NIPs, NPIs, Nips, PINs, PSNI, nips, pins, snip
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sp?n/
- Hyphenation: spin
- Rhymes: -?n
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch spinne.
Noun
spin f (plural spinnen, diminutive spinnetje n)
- spider, member of the order Araneae
Derived terms
- kruisspin
- spinnekop
- spinnendoder
- spinnenweb
- vogelspin
- wolfsspin
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English spin.
Noun
spin m (plural spins)
- (physics) particle spin
Derived terms
- kernspin
Etymology 3
Borrowed from English spin.
Noun
spin m (uncountable)
- political spin, media spin
Derived terms
- spindoctor
Etymology 4
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
spin
- first-person singular present indicative of spinnen
- imperative of spinnen
Faroese
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spi?n/
Noun
spin n (genitive singular spins, uncountable)
- sperm
Declension
Synonyms
- spina
Anagrams
- nisp
- pins
Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from English spin.
Alternative forms
- spinni
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?spin/, [?s?pin]
- Rhymes: -in
- Syllabification: spin
Noun
spin
- (physics) spin
Declension
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English spin.
Noun
spin m (plural spins)
- (physics) spin
Derived terms
- spineur
Friulian
Etymology
From Latin sp?nus.
Noun
spin m (plural spins)
- thorn bush
Related terms
- spine
Garo
Etymology
Cognate with Kokborok siping (“sesame”).
Noun
spin
- sesame
Hungarian
Etymology
From English spin.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -in
Noun
spin (plural spinek)
- (physics) spin (quantum angular momentum)
Declension
References
Middle English
Noun
spin
- Alternative form of spyne
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sp?in/
Etymology 1
From English spin.
Noun
spin m inan
- (physics) spin (quantum angular momentum)
Declension
Derived terms
- (adjective) spinowy
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Noun
spin f
- genitive plural of spina
Further reading
- spin in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- spin in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English spin.
Noun
spin m (plural spins)
- (physics) spin (quantum angular momentum of subatomic particles)
Romanian
Etymology
From Latin sp?nus, from sp?na, from Proto-Italic *spein?, from Proto-Indo-European *spey- (“sharp point”). Compare Aromanian schin
Noun
spin m (plural spini)
- thorn
Declension
Synonyms
- ghimpe, aculeu
Related terms
- spinos
Scots
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sp?n/
Noun
spin (plural spins)
- (South Scots) Alternative form of spuin
Spanish
Alternative forms
- espín
Etymology
Borrowed from English spin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /es?pin/, [es?p?n]
Noun
spin m (plural spines)
- spin (clarification of this definition is needed)
West Frisian
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
spin c (plural spinnen, diminutive spintsje)
- spider
Further reading
- “spin”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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