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throw
verb- to disconcert, to confuse US, 1844
- WING COMMANDER CLARK: That had come on quite early. That had really surprised him, that that quote had been tabled to him. MR KNOX: So after the hearing he says to you: that really threw me? WING COMMANDER CLARK: Yes he did. — The Hutton Inquiry, 2004
- to deliberately lose a contest US, 1868
- [R]umours abounded that conservative elements of government had bribed officials to throw the game in order to knock the team out of the World Cup[.] — The Observer, 18 November 2001
- to break an addiction US
- Jail had, as always, forced him to “throw his habit,” and so small amounts were sufficient in the beginning. — John Clellon Holmes, Go, p. 198, 1952
- to create (graffiti) US
- [M]embers do not just write on a wall, they “throw” or “toss” graffiti on the wall. — Robert Jackson and Wesley McBride, Understanding Street Gangs, p. 80, 2000
▶ throw a fin; throw the fin
while surfing, to reach the top of a wave and expose to the air the surfboard’s fin(s) US- — Mitch McKissick, Surf Lingo, 1987
▶ throw a fit
to become very angry or agitated US, 1926- Chez Nico in East Dulwich, where Nico threw a fit because the Good Food Guide had called him Italian. — The Guardian, 8 September 2003
▶ throw a party
to lose heavily when gambling US- — David M. Hayano, Poker Faces, p. 187, 1982
▶ throw a shape
to make an impression- [Boyzone] were throwing the same sort of shapes as an eighties pro footballer, boasting the same sort of square blankness. — John Robb, The Nineties, p. 281, 1999
▶ throw a shine
to ignore someone US
Usage by Mexican-American youth (Pachucos) in the southwestern US.- — Common Ground, p. 81, Summer 1947
▶ throw a shoe
to suffer a tyre blowout or flat tyre US- — American Speech, p. 46, February 1963: “Trucker’s language in Rhode Island”
- Slingo. — The Official CB Slang Dictionary Handbook, p. 61, 1976
▶ throw blows
to fight US- — Miss Cone, The Slang Dictionary (Hawthorne High School), 1965
▶ throw flame
in trucking, to show an actual flame or a red glow suggesting a flame on a smokestack US- — Montie Tak, Truck Talk, p. 167, 1971
▶ throw forty fits
to become very angry or agitated UK, 1984
An occasional intensification of THROW A FIT
▶ throw gravel
to accelerate briskly from a dirt road shoulder US- — American Speech, p. 273, December 1962: “The language of traffic policemen”
▶ throw hands
to fight US- — Gary K. Farlow, Prison-ese, p. 73, 2002
▶ throw it to
from a male perspective, to have sex US- My boyfriend and I do it at least once a day, generally oftener, but ever now and then he gets a honk out of watching one of his friends throw it to me. — Screw, p. 16, 16 May 1969
▶ throw off at
to deride someone or something AUSTRALIA, 1812- Some of them throw off at us – call us “the slap-up party”, as though prospecting and comfort should never mix. — Mary Durack, Kings in Grass Castles, p. 292, 1959
▶ throw one
from the male perspective, to have sex US- Man, would I like to throw one to her. — Bernard Wolfe, The Late Risers, p. 143, 1954
▶ throw shade
to project a defiant attitude US- — Steven Daly and Nalthaniel Wice, alt.culture, p. 266, 1995
▶ throw shapes
to box IRELAND- Dec stopped. He threw off their arms and started throwin shapes. — Gaye Shortland, Mind that ‘tis my Brother, p. 24, 1995
▶ throw signs
to flash hand signals, almost always gang-related US- When this baby moved back here, he was throwin’ gang signs and talkin’ just like a little gangbanger. — Rolling Stone, p. 85, 12 April 2001
▶ throw teddy out of the pram
to throw a tantrum; to lose your temper UK
An allusion to childish behaviour.- That was a time when I might have spit the dummy out or thrown teddy out of the pram. The old me would ‘ave gone storming out[.] — Sally Cline, Couples: Scene From the Inside, p. 199, 1998
▶ throw the bald-headed champ
to perform oral sex on a man US- And then you start pulling on the rope [masturbating him] or to throw the bald-headed champ [perform fellatio], boy you have reached rock bottom in my opinion. — Bruce Jackson, In the Life, p. 171, 1972
▶ throw the head
to lose one’s temper IRELAND- Catherine was worried there’d be a scene. If that girl turned up. You’re not to throw the head with her, Johnny, please. — Joseph O’Connor, Red Roses and Petrol, p. 94, 1995
▶ throw the knockwurst
from the male perspective, to have sex US- Well, I shined my light in there and here’s these two down on the seat, the old boy throwing the knockwurst to his girlfriend[.] — Joseph Wambaugh, The Blue Knight, p. 245, 1973
▶ throw the latch
in a hotel, to activate a mechnical device advising hotel employees to carefully watch activity in a particular room US- So, as I say, I’d automatically signaled to the bellman to “throw the latch.” This is simply a device which makes it easier for employees to keep an eye on suspected parties. — Dev Collans with Stewart Sterling, I was a House Detective, p. 38, 1954
▶ throw the leg over
to mount a racehorse AUSTRALIA- — Ned Wallish, The Truth Dictionary of Racing Slang, p. 81, 1989
▶ throw the voice; throw your voice
to vomit AUSTRALIA- Any tick of the clock now he’s going to start throwing the voice. — John Wynnum, Tar Dust, p. 101, 1962
- If you wanna throw your voice / Mate, you won’t have any choice / But to chunder in the old Pacific Sea. — Barry Humphries, The Wonderful World of Barry McKenzie, p. 15, 1968
▶ throw up your set
to flash gang hand signals US- — Bill Valentine, Gang Intelligence Manual, p. 78, 1995
- “Put Yo Hood Up” they shout on the next single, a call to throw up your “set,” or neighborhood’s hand signs. — Atlanta Journal-Constitution, p. 7D, 31 May 2001
▶ throw waist
to thrust with vigour during sex TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO- — Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad & Tobago, 2003
▶ throw your weight about; throw your weight around
to “show off” in an unpleasant, domineering way; to bully people UK, 1917- Lloyd assumed that Dave was throwing his weight around, being the lead actor and all. — Lloyd Kaufman, Make Your Own Damn Movie!, p. 50, 2003
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