Meaning

7 senses
  1. Someone who throws.

    someone who projects something (especially by a rapid motion of the arm)

  2. Something that throws.

    Werfer, Werferin

  3. A flamethrower.

  4. A bowler who illegally throws the ball instead of bowling it.

  5. (slang)The pitcher.

  6. (archaic)One who throws or twists silk; a throwster.

    a person who twists silk or rayon filaments into a thread or yarn

  7. (archaic)One who shapes vessels on a throwing engine.

    a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them in a kiln

Examples

6 sentences
  1. Have you ever used a flame thrower?

  2. The javelin thrower's record was 12 metres.

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  3. The coin's face depicts a javelin thrower.

  4. Tom is a knife thrower.

    deTom ist Messerwerfer. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. Tom isn't a hammer thrower.

Translations

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By meaning 1
someone who or something that throws:

Origin

From Middle English thrower, equivalent to throw + -er.

From Middle English thrower, equivalent to throw + -er.

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Forms

plural: throwers
Singularthrower
Pluralthrowers

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them in a kiln:potterceramicistceramist
  • a person who twists silk or rayon filaments into a thread or yarn:throwster

Word family

15 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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