(transitive) To make an embarrassingly desperate attempt to get the romantic attention of (a person).

A wooden tool used to throw a dart, spear or other missile; a spear thrower; (Australia) a woomera.

(originally gay slang) To subtly insult someone. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see throw, shade.

(historical) A blood sport in which coksteles are thrown at an immobilised rooster until it is killed.

present participle of throw out

plural of throw-out

(obsolete, nautical) To change direction; to change from one tack to another. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see throw, about.

A small lathe worked by one hand, while the cutting tool is held in the other.

(African-American Vernacular) To disparage or belittle.

present participle of throw shade