Throwing | a. & n. from Throw, v. [ 1913 Webster ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
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Throwing stick | . (Anthropol.) An instrument used by various savage races for throwing a spear; -- called also throw stick and spear thrower. One end of the stick receives the butt of the spear, as upon a hook or thong, and the other end is grasped with the hand, which also holds the spear, toward the middle, above it with the finger and thumb, the effect being to bring the place of support nearer the center of the spear, and practically lengthen the arm in the act of throwing. In Mexico, one such device is called the atlatl. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
投入 | [とうにゅう, tounyuu] (n, vs) (1) throwing into; inserting; depositing; (2) investment; putting in (personnel, etc.); (3) release of a product; (4) making (an electrical circuit); (P) #4,222 [Add to Longdo] |
投下 | [とうか, touka] (n, vs) (1) throwing down; dropping; airdrop; (2) investment; (P) #8,643 [Add to Longdo] |
投球 | [とうきゅう, toukyuu] (n, vs) pitching; throwing a ball; bowling (in cricket); pitched ball; (P) #8,912 [Add to Longdo] |
っぽい(P);ぽい | [ppoi (P); poi] (suf, adj-i) (1) (col) -ish; -like; (n) (2) (ぽい only) (on-mim) (See ぽいと) tossing something out; throwing something away; (P) #11,371 [Add to Longdo] |
どさどさ | [dosadosa] (adv, adv-to, vs) (1) (on-mim) (See ドサ) throwing down multiple objects in succession; (2) at once in great numbers [Add to Longdo] |
ウーメラ;ウメラ | [u-mera ; umera] (n) woomera; womera; Australian aboriginal spear throwing implement [Add to Longdo] |
クイックモーション | [kuikkumo-shon] (n) (1) quick motion; (2) pitcher throwing to first base (baseball) [Add to Longdo] |
スローイング | [suro-ingu] (n) throwing [Add to Longdo] |
ナイフ投げ | [ナイフなげ, naifu nage] (n) (1) knife thrower; (n, vs) (2) knife throwing [Add to Longdo] |
フランシスカ;フランキスカ | [furanshisuka ; furankisuka] (n) francisca; francesca; type of throwing axe [Add to Longdo] |