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Throwing may refer to:

• 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
• Mardi gras throws, or throws, are small gifts or trinkets passed ou or thrown from New Orleans Mardi Gras parades to spectators lining the streets.
• "Throwing a game", where a player intentionally makes small errors in a game, in order to hurt his own team's performance

Throwing may also be:

• 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
• A type of match fixing where a game is deliberately lost

As a noun, a throw can be:

• Throw (projector) - the distance of movie projector to the screen
• Throw, part of an electrical 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

In athletics, the throwing events are:

• Discus throw
• Hammer throw
• Javelin throw
• Shot put

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