An athletic throwing event where the object to be thrown is a heavy steel ball attached with wire (maximum length 4 ft (1.22 m)) to a handle.

(slang) A fight or brawl. / (slang) A challenge or incitement to fight. / (slang) A weapon planted at a crime scene in order to mislead investigators.

(transitive, idiomatic, informal) To charge with or convict of as many crimes as possible. / (transitive, idiomatic, informal) To apply the harshest possible punishment to.

(basketball) A shot, worth one point, taken from the free-throw line and without opposition.

To fling dust or similar. / (figuratively) To make derogatory or malicious allegations, particularly about people in public life.

A small pillow, especially one placed on a chair or sofa rather than on a bed, used for decoration rather than comfort.

A small, rotating circular table of variable speed used in the manufacture of ceramics.

plural of throw pillow

(Ireland, idiomatic, slang) To act tough or put up a front. For example, to threaten a person by making "karate chops" at them, without actually doing harm or knowing karate.

(role-playing games) In certain games, primarily role-playing games, an effort to ward off a specific threat by rolling a die or dice and coming up with a particular number.