thrower

[throh-er]

noun

1. a person or thing that throws.

2. flinger.

Word History and Origins

Origin of thrower¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; throw, -er ¹

Example Sentences

Hall of Fame quarterback Steve Young refers to those types of passers as “finger throwers.”

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No case has crystallized those tensions quite like that of Washington D.C.’s internet-famous sandwich thrower, whose trial began Tuesday and gave jurors this to chew on: Does throwing fast food at an officer constitute assault?

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Now it’s a feeding frenzy involving a hidden camera stunt that Severino’s candidate and Coulter’s digital bomb thrower are happy to capitalize upon.

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Many of the tales of their early endeavors — including a 1936 test that ended with an oxygen line catching fire, creating, essentially, a flailing flame thrower — are now told in hyperbole, MacDonald noted.

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Israeli forces shot dead an 11-year-old boy in the occupied West Bank, his family and health officials said Friday, while the army said its troops opened fire at rock throwers.

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