throwing

English

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  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈθɹoʊ.ɪŋ/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈθɹəʊ.ɪŋ/
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Verb

throwing

  1. present participle and gerund of throw

Noun

throwing (countable and uncountable, plural throwings)

  1. The act by which something is thrown.
    • 1909, Booth Tarkington, Beasley's Christmas Party:
      […] 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 […]
  2. The process of making ceramic ware on the potter's wheel

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