throwing

 

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

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throwing

1. present participle and gerund of throw

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

• ingrowth, right now, worthing, Worthing, Wrighton