What is "throwing"

Throw \Throw\, v. t. [imp. Threw (thr[udd]); p. p. Thrown (thr[=o]n); p. pr. & vb. n. Throwing.] [OE. [thorn]rowen, [thorn]rawen, to throw, to twist, AS. [thorn]r[=a]wan to twist, to whirl; akin to D. draaijen, G. drehen, OHG. dr[=a]jan, L. terebra an auger, gimlet, Gr. ? to bore, to turn, ? to pierce, ? a hole. Cf. Thread, Trite, Turn, v. t.]

1. To fling, cast, or hurl with a certain whirling motion of the arm, to throw a ball; -- distinguished from to toss, or to bowl.

2. To fling or cast in any manner; to drive to a distance from the hand or from an engine; to propel; to send; as, to throw stones or dust with the hand; a cannon throws a ball; a fire engine throws a stream of water to extinguish flames.

3. To drive by violence; as, a vessel or sailors may be thrown upon a rock.

4. (Mil.) To cause to take a strategic position; as, he threw a detachment of his army across the river.

5. To overturn; to prostrate in wrestling; as, a man throws his antagonist.

6. To cast, as dice; to venture at dice.

   Set less than thou throwest.
   --Shak.

7. To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.

   O'er his fair limbs a flowery vest he threw.
   --Pope.

8. To divest or strip one's self of; to put off.

   There the snake throws her enameled skin.
   --Shak.

9. (Pottery) To form or shape roughly on a throwing engine, or potter's wheel, as earthen vessels.

10. To give forcible utterance to; to cast; to vent.

    I have thrown A brave defiance in King Henry's teeth.
    --Shak.

11. To bring forth; to produce, as young; to bear; -- said especially of rabbits.

12. To twist two or more filaments of, as silk, so as to form one thread; to twist together, as singles, in a direction contrary to the twist of the singles themselves; -- sometimes applied to the whole class of operations by which silk is prepared for the weaver. --Tomlinson. To throw away.

    1. To lose by neglect or folly; to spend in vain; to bestow without a compensation; as, to throw away time; to throw away money.

    2. To reject; as, to throw away a good book, or a good offer. To throw back.

       1. To retort; to cast back, as a reply.

       2. To reject; to refuse.

    3. To reflect, as light. To throw by, to lay aside; to discard; to neglect as useless; as, to throw by a garment. To throw down, to subvert; to overthrow; to destroy; as, to throw down a fence or wall. To throw in.

       1. To inject, as a fluid.

       2. To put in; to deposit with others; to contribute; as, to throw in a few dollars to help make up a fund; to throw in an occasional comment.

       3. To add without enumeration or valuation, as something extra to clinch a bargain. To throw off.

          1. To expel; to free one's self from; as, to throw off a disease.

          2. To reject; to discard; to abandon; as, to throw off all sense of shame; to throw off a dependent.

          3. To make a start in a hunt or race. [Eng.] To throw on, to cast on; to load. To throw one's self down, to lie down neglectively or suddenly. To throw one's self on or To throw one's self upon.

             1. To fall upon.

             2. To resign one's self to the favor, clemency, or sustain power of (another); to repose upon. To throw out.

                1. To cast out; to reject or discard; to expel. ``The other two, whom they had thrown out, they were content should enjoy their exile.''
                   --Swift. ``The bill was thrown out.''
                   --Swift.

                2. To utter; to give utterance to; to speak; as, to throw out insinuation or observation. ``She throws out thrilling shrieks.''
                   --Spenser.

             3. To distance; to leave behind.
                --Addison.

    4. To cause to project; as, to throw out a pier or an abutment.

    5. To give forth; to emit; as, an electric lamp throws out a brilliant light.

    6. To put out; to confuse; as, a sudden question often throws out an orator. To throw over, to abandon the cause of; to desert; to discard; as, to throw over a friend in difficulties. To throw up.

       1. To resign; to give up; to demit; as, to throw up a commission. ``Experienced gamesters throw up their cards when they know that the game is in the enemy's hand.''
          --Addison.

       2. To reject from the stomach; to vomit.

       3. To construct hastily; as, to throw up a breastwork of earth.

Throwing \Throw"ing\, a. & n. from Throw, v.

Throwing engine, Throwing mill, Throwing table, or Throwing wheel (Pottery), a machine on which earthenware is first rudely shaped by the hand of the potter from a mass of clay revolving rapidly on a disk or table carried by a vertical spindle; a potter's wheel.

n. 1 The act by which something is thrown. 2 The process of making ceramic ware on the potter's wheel vb. (present participle of throw English)

In the sport of cricket, throwing, commonly referred to as chucking, is an illegal bowling action which occurs when a bowler straightens the bowling arm when delivering the ball. The laws of cricket specify that a bowler's arm must not extend during the bowling action. Only the rotation of the shoulder can be used to impart velocity to the ball. Throws are not allowed. If the umpire deems that the ball has been thrown, he will call a no ball which means the batsman cannot be given out from that delivery. Current regulations of the International Cricket Council (ICC) set the legal limit of 15 degrees of permissible straightening of the elbow joint for all bowlers in international cricket. This law applies between the point at which the bowling arm passes above shoulder height and the point at which the ball is released. The limit is to allow some natural flexing of the elbow joint which happens during the course of legal delivery.

The charge of 'throwing' against a bowler is one of the most serious and controversial that can be made in cricket, as a bowler with an illegal action cannot dismiss a batsman. This means the player cannot effectively participate in the game, and may not be selected again without significant change to the way they bowl.

Throwing is the launching of a ballistic projectile by hand. This action is only possible for animals with the ability to grasp objects with their hands (mainly primates).

Humans, being bipedal, have a wide variety of throwing techniques and abilities. These have been employed in warfare – first through rock-throwing, then refined weapon-throwing (e.g. spear, throwing axe), and into modern day with hand grenades and tear gas canisters. Throwing is used in many sports and games, particularly ball games, and in throwing sports the action is the main determiner of the outcome. These serve as forms of recreation and exercise in society.