thrower
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2.2
- noun
- /ˈθroʊər/
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lanzador
- Like that Brazilian javelin thrower?
- stone throwers
- dynamite throwers
- spear throwers
I think we all have a dying question, which is who is the better frisbee thrower?
- I think we all have a dying question, which is who is the better frisbee thrower?
- The discus throwers had to throw their discus in the Guate Bodon in amongst the trees.
- If you go to the Olympics and look at the podium winners of a javelin thrower, they look identical.
- And so I didn't want to be, you know, it was not appropriate for me to be a bomb thrower there, no pun intended, you know, to be.
- There have been stone throwers who have come at me and blamed me for starting for being a part of this show and turning it into something it wasn't.
Examples
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The Agriana's were the army's elite skirmishers, expert javelin throwers from what's now southern Bulgaria.
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- It was like a professional javelin thrower.
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Hue had not been the best or the worst thrower, but he was competent.
Fiction book (1994) -
You're better at riding than I am, and I'm a better thrower.
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And the discus thrower is Mr. DePinna.
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Sophomore Joe Zimmerman and senior Kyle Nielson are javelin throwers on the UW track team.
Blog text (19) -
The athlete, known as a skilled javelin thrower, won the gold medal at the Olympics.
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During the competition, the discus thrower demonstrated a powerful technique that impressed the judges.
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In the park, children watched in awe as the experienced rock thrower aimed for the distant target.
Synonyms
6
9.3
A person who throws stones using a leather strap and small bag
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6.1
A person or machine that throws things quickly and strongly
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7.8
A person who throws a ball, like a pitcher
A person who throws things like stones at people or places
A person who hits or throws a ball high over another player
Compounds
- Archaic
A device that throws explosive charges into the sea to attack submarines from a ship
How Forceful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Thrower is the verb throw plus the ending -er, which makes 'one who'. The old sense of throw could mean 'twist' or 'turn', but today it usually means 'to send something through the air', so a thrower is someone who sends things by a quick arm movement.