throw off

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [throh awf, of]
- /θroʊ ɔf, ɒf/
- /θrəʊ ɒf/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [throh awf, of]
- /θroʊ ɔf, ɒf/

Definitions of throw off words

verb with object throw off to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball. 1
verb with object throw off to hurl or project (a missile), as a gun does. 1
verb with object throw off to project or cast (light, a shadow, etc.). 1
verb with object throw off to project (the voice). 1
verb with object throw off to make it appear that one's voice is coming from a place different from its source, as in ventriloquism. 1
verb with object throw off to direct or send forth (words, a glance, etc.). 1

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Origin of throw off

First appearance:

before 1000

One of the 6% oldest English words

before 1000; Middle English throwen, thrawen (v.), Old English thrāwan to twist, turn; cognate with Dutch draaien, German drehen to turn, spin, twirl, whirl; akin to Latin terere, Greek teírein to rub away

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Parts of speech for Throw off

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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throw off popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for throw off

verb throw off

beam — If you say that someone is beaming, you mean that they have a big smile on their face because they are happy, pleased, or proud about something.
befuddle — If something befuddles you, it confuses your mind or thoughts.
birthed — an act or instance of being born: the day of his birth.
buffalo — A buffalo is a wild animal like a large cow with horns that curve upwards. Buffalo are usually found in southern and eastern Africa.
buffaloed — any of several large wild oxen of the family Bovidae. Compare bison, Cape buffalo, water buffalo.

adj throw off

dumper — to drop or let fall in a mass; fling down or drop heavily or suddenly: Dump the topsoil here.
get off one's chest — Anatomy. the trunk of the body from the neck to the abdomen; thorax.

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