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throw-in en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Deverbal from throw in.

Meanings

1. A set-piece where the ball is thrown back into play
2. (qualifier:Australian rules football) A throw of the ball back into play by the boundary umpire. The umpire faces away from the players and throws it in over his or her shoulder (so as to clearly not favour either side by where exactly it's thrown).
3. (Ireland) the start time of a Gaelic football match, comparable to kick off in other games.
4. An extra item added free of charge; a product that is thrown in with another.
   • Salesman: Uh, hey, how about a Skinny Scan 27,000 with a Computer Virus Eradicator as a throw-in? 1999, Mona the Vampire, "The Nefarious Computer Virus" (season 1, episode 2b)

Forms

Translations (33)

ru вбра́сывание (throw of the ball back into play) · gd tilgeadh a-steach (throw of the ball back into play) · fo innkast (throw of the ball back into play) · nb innkast (throw of the ball back into play) · el πλάγιο άουτ (throw of the ball back into play) · ja おまけ (extra item added free of charge) · hu bedobás (throw of the ball back into play) · nn innkast (throw of the ball back into play) · vi ném biên (throw of the ball back into play) · es saque lateral (throw of the ball back into play) · nl ingooi (throw of the ball back into play) · fr remise en jeu (throw of the ball back into play) · ja スローイン (throw of the ball back into play) · is innkast (throw of the ball back into play) · ko 스로인 (throw of the ball back into play) · ka აუტი (throw of the ball back into play) · gd sadadh a-steach (throw of the ball back into play) · fi sivurajaheitto (throw of the ball back into play) · da indkast (throw of the ball back into play) · cmn 界外球 (throw of the ball back into play) · ar رَمْيَةُ تَمَاسّ (throw of the ball back into play) · es lateral (throw of the ball back into play) · ru вброс (throw of the ball back into play) · pt lançamento lateral (throw of the ball back into play) · fi kaupanpäällinen (extra item added free of charge) · el πλάγιο (throw of the ball back into play) · pt arremesso lateral (throw of the ball back into play) · cs vhazování (throw of the ball back into play) · de Einwurf (throw of the ball back into play) · ca servei (throw of the ball back into play) · sv inkast (throw of the ball back into play) · fi rajaheitto (throw of the ball back into play) · es saque de banda (throw of the ball back into play)