thrower
Someone who throwsSomeone who throws.
» Have you ever used a flame thrower?
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7 sensesSomeone who throws.
someone who projects something (especially by a rapid motion of the arm)
Something that throws.
Werfer, Werferin
A flamethrower.
A bowler who illegally throws the ball instead of bowling it.
(slang)The pitcher.
(archaic)One who throws or twists silk; a throwster.
a person who twists silk or rayon filaments into a thread or yarn
(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 sentencesHave you ever used a flame thrower?
The javelin thrower's record was 12 metres.
The coin's face depicts a javelin thrower.
Tom is a knife thrower.
deTom ist Messerwerfer. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom isn't a hammer thrower.
Translations
1 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English thrower, equivalent to throw + -er.From Middle English thrower, equivalent to throw + -er.
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Forms
plural: throwersSynonyms
4 synonyms- 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
14 related wordsSee also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.