throwings
Acts of lobbing
Throwings is the plural of throwing, which names the act of propelling something through air with a motion of the arm.
The word appears in contexts where multiple instances or types matter: His throwings were erratic in the early innings.
In pottery, throwings refers to sessions of shaping clay on a wheel.
Throwing spear for sport
- discusHeavy disc for throwing
- shot putAthletic throwing competition, heavy ball
- pitchingDelivering toward the plate
- bowlingPin-toppling pastime
darts · hammer · hurling · tossing · launching · release · arc · distance
Turning on an axis
- latheRotating shaping machine
- turningAct of rotating
- machiningSubtractive metalworking process
- spindleRotating rod for thread
chuck · manufacturing · metalwork · tooling · shaping · cylindrical · precision · cutting
javelin
Throwing spear for sport
- discusHeavy disc for throwing
- shot putAthletic throwing competition, heavy ball
- pitchingDelivering toward the plate
bowling · darts · hammer · hurling · tossing · launching · release · arc · distance · accuracy
rotation
Turning on an axis
spindle · chuck · manufacturing · metalwork · tooling · shaping · cylindrical · precision · cutting · woodturning
wheel
Rotating circular frame
centering · wedging · slip · kiln · spinning · forming · vessels · bowls · pots · stoneware
loom
Fabric-making frame
thread · yarn · cocoon · reeling · filament · twist · skeins · production · mill · fabric
throwingscatches
Seizes in motion
receptions · grabs · snatchings · intercepts · interceptions
- throwing upEjecting food involuntarily
- throwing awayDiscarding as refuse
- throwing outDisposing of something
- throwing a tantrumExplosive emotional display
- throwing in the towelAccepting defeat, stopping effort
- throwing inAdding as bonus