Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
throw-in
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
quick
▪ Pearce, wanting to take a quick throw-in, grabbed the ball and pushed him on the cinder track surrounding the pitch.
▪ It would therefore appear that a quick throw-in is only allowed when a lineout has not been formed in law.
▪ The quick throw-in completely changes the game; the tactics of the game are fundamentally affected.
▪ We also saw in both tests the law change allowing a quick throw-in from touch.
▪ But when should a quick throw-in from touch.
▪ But when should a quick throw-in be allowed and when may it be stopped?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ After the throw-in the ball came out miraculously in Perdita's direction.
▪ And will tolerate such mistakes as the O'Driscoll try and the cup final throw-in.
▪ By kicking deep, and applying follow-up pressure, the intention was to force the opposition to concede the throw-in.
▪ I would also like the team awarded a penalty and gaining ground to be given the line-out throw-in.
▪ It would therefore appear that a quick throw-in is only allowed when a lineout has not been formed in law.
▪ Pearce, wanting to take a quick throw-in, grabbed the ball and pushed him on the cinder track surrounding the pitch.
▪ The goal came off a throw-in from Joaquin Del Olmo to Blanco in the penalty box.
▪ There was no way he was going to reach Cowdray nor his son's match for the throw-in.
Wiktionary
throw-in
n. 1 (context football rugby basketball English) A set-piece where the ball is thrown back into play 2 (context Australian rules football English) A throw of the ball back into play by the boundary umpire. The umpire faces away from the players and throws it in over his or her shoulder (so as to clearly not favour either side by where exactly it's thrown). 3 (context Ireland English) the start time of a Gaelic football match, comparable to kick off in other games.
WordNet
throw-in
n. (rugby) an act or instance of throwing a ball in to put it into play
Wikipedia
Throw-in
A throw-in is a method of restarting play in a game of association football (or soccer) when the ball has exited the side of the field of play.