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  Throwing may refer to:
  • Throw (grappling)
    Throw (grappling)

    A throw is a martial arts term for a grappling technique that involves off-balancing or lifting an opponent, and tossing them to the ground. It usually involves a rotating motion as opposed to a takedown )....
    , a martial arts and grappling technique that involves off-balancing or lifting an opponent
  • Throwing (cricket)
    Throwing (cricket)

    In the sport of cricket, throwing occurs when a Bowler straightens their arm by more than 15 degrees when Delivery the ball. If the Umpire deems that the ball has been delivered illegally, he will call a no ball....
    , bowling a delivery in cricket with an elbow flexion degree higher than that set by the ICC
  • Knife throwing
    Knife throwing

    Knife throwing is an art, sport, or variously an entertainment technique, involving an artist skilled in the art of throwing knife, the weapons thrown, and a target....
    , the art of throwing a knife at a target
  • Mardi gras throws
    Mardi gras throws

    Mardi Gras Throws are small gifts or trinkets passed out or thrown from New Orleans Mardi Gras parades to spectators lining the streets. The "gaudy plastic jewelry, toys, and other mementos tossed to the crowds from parading floats"....
    , or throws, are small gifts or trinkets passed ou or thrown from New Orleans Mardi Gras parades to spectators lining the streets.

Throwing may also be:
  • Another name for English knitting
    English knitting

    English knitting, also known as right-hand knitting or throwing, is a style of Western knitting where the yarn about to be knit into the fabric is carried in the right hand....
    , a style of knitting
  • The process of making ceramic ware
    Pottery

    Pottery is the ceramic ware made by potters. Major types of pottery include earthenware, stoneware, and porcelain. The places where such wares are made are called potteries....
     on the potter's wheel
  • A computer programming term for raising an exception in exception handling
    Exception handling

    Exception handling is a programming language construct or computer hardware mechanism designed to handle the occurrence of exceptions - special conditions that change the normal flow of execution....
  • A type of match fixing
    Match fixing

    In organized sports, match fixing or game fixing occurs when a match is played to a completely or partially pre-determined result, violating the rules of the game and often the law....
     where a game is deliberately lost


As a noun
Noun

In linguistics, a noun is a member of a large, open class lexical category whose members can occur as the main word in the subject of a clause, the object of a verb, or the object of a preposition....
, a throw can be:
  • Throw (projector)
    Throw (projector)

    In film terminology, throw is the distance of a movie projector from the screen. It is the distance the image is thrown onto the screen, and it has a large effect on screen size....
     - the distance of movie projector to the screen
  • Throw
    Switch

    In electronics, a switch is an electrical component which can break an electrical circuit, interrupting the Electric current or diverting it from one conductor to another....
    , part of an electrical switch
  • The distance that a jet of fluid travels, such as in diffusers for room air distribution
    HVAC

    HVAC is an initialism or acronym that stands for "heating, Ventilation , and air conditioning". HVAC is sometimes referred to as climate control and is particularly important in the design of medium to large industrial and office buildings such as skyscrapers and in marine environments such as aquariums, where humidity and tem...
  • The range of motion of a joystick
    Joystick

    A joystick is an input device consisting of a stick that pivots on a base and reports its angle or direction to the device it is controlling. Joysticks are often used to control video games, and usually have one or more push-buttons whose state can also be read by the computer....
    's shaft


In athletics, the throwing events are:
  • Discus throw
    Discus throw

    The discus throw is an event in track and field competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disk ???itself called a discus???in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors....
  • Hammer throw
    Hammer throw

    The modern or Olympic Games hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object is to throw a heavy metal ball attached to a wire and handle....
  • Javelin throw
    Javelin throw

    The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the Javelin , a spear-like object made of metal, Glass-reinforced plastic and, in some cases, carbon fiber....
  • Shot put
    Shot put

    The shot put is an athletics event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the throwing motion....