throwing

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of throw

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The act by which something is thrown.

   “[…] it looked like a house where they played charades, where there would be long streamers of evergreen and dozens of wreaths of holly at Christmas-time, where there were tearful, happy weddings and great throwings of rice after little brides […]”

2. (countable, uncountable)The process of making ceramic ware on the potter's wheel