Throwing

Throwing usually refers to:

• launching a projectile, especially by hand

It can also refer to:

Sports

• Throw (grappling), a martial arts and grappling technique that involves off-balancing or lifting an opponent
• Throwing (cricket), bowling a delivery in cricket with an elbow flexion degree higher than that set by the ICC
• Knife throwing, the art of throwing a knife at a target
• Throwing events are:
  • Discus throw
  • Hammer throw
  • Javelin throw
  • Shot put
• Match fixing, or throwing a game, meaning to intentionally lose

Other

• Mardi gras throws, or throws, are small gifts or trinkets passed out or thrown from New Orleans Mardi Gras parades to spectators lining the streets
• Another name for English knitting, a style of knitting
• The process of making ceramic ware on the potter's wheel
• A computer programming term for raising an exception in exception handling
• Throw (projector), the distance of movie projector to the screen
• Throw, part of an electrical switch (changeover switch)
• The distance that a jet of fluid travels, such as in diffusers for room air distribution
• The range of motion of a joystick's shaft
• The distance between gears as experienced by the driver of a manual transmission

See also

• Trow (disambiguation)