Definitions for throwing
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1. Throwing

   of Throw

2. Throwing

   a. & n. from Throw, v

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1. Throwing

   In the sport of cricket, throwing, commonly referred to as chucking, is an illegal bowling action which occurs when a bowler straightens their 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 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.

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   Rank popularity for the word 'throwing' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3436

Anagrams for throwing »

1. ingrowth, worthing

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of throwing in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of throwing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of throwing in a Sentence

1. Andy Vanecek:

   I was outside in the water, throwing sticks and stones and stuff to see how far they skip, and then I found some kind of stick, i picked it up and was going to drop it back in the water, but it had a handle, and I saw that it was a little bit pointy at the end and all rusty. I held it up in the air and I said' Daddy, I found a sword !' When he saw that it bent and was rusty, he came running up and took it.

2. J. G. Ballard:

   Perhaps violence, like pornography, is some kind of an evolutionary standby system, a last-resort device for throwing a wild joker into the game?

3. Whoopi Goldberg:

   Boris Johnson’s been in a lot of trouble recently because Boris Johnson was throwing all kinds of parties in the midst of Covid-19 and the omicron, so I find it very funny that Boris Johnson’s now very like gung ho and we do n’t have to do it anymore and it's all good.

4. Brian Bordainick:

   We need to stay true to who we are. And who we are is a bunch of weirdos that enjoy throwing dinner parties in random locations, my goal for our team, as our team has grown, is that if you tap any one of our employees on the shoulder and you say, ‘What’s the focus?’ They are like, ‘Throwing one hell of a party.’.

5. Ivanka Trump:

   This whole experience over the last several months I've been throwing myself into with the hope that I can have a positive impact. So there's no way to really plan for balance.

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