(idiomatic) A short distance, roughly equivalent to how far a person can throw a stone.

plural of throw-away

Synonym of throw in the towel

plural of throwing table

throwing wheel

To make clear; to elucidate; to provide an explanation for (something puzzling or mysterious).

(sports, in certain ball games) a throw made to restart play, e.g. in water polo after a defender was the last to touch the ball before it went over the goal line.

(historical) A blood sport in which coksteles are thrown at an immobilised rooster until it is killed.

(obsolete, nautical) To change direction; to change from one tack to another. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see throw, about.

A small lathe worked by one hand, while the cutting tool is held in the other.