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throwback

throw·back
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [throh-bak]
    • /ˈθroʊˌbæk/
    • /ˈθrəʊ.bæk/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [throh-bak]
    • /ˈθroʊˌbæk/

Definitions of throwback word

  • noun throwback an act of throwing back. 1
  • noun throwback a setback or check. 1
  • noun throwback the reversion to an ancestral or earlier type or character; atavism. 1
  • noun throwback an example of this. 1
  • noun throwback sth anachronistic or retro 1
  • countable noun throwback If you say that something is a throwback to a former time, you mean that it is like something that existed a long time ago. 0
See all 13 definitions of throwback

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Origin of throwback

First appearance:

before 1855
One of the 30% newest English words
1855-60; 1915-20 for def 3; noun use of verb phrase throw back

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Throwback

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Throwback

throwback popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 63% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

throwback usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for throwback

noun throwback

  • atavism — the recurrence in a plant or animal of certain primitive characteristics that were present in an ancestor but have not occurred in intermediate generations
  • legacy — legacy system
  • devise — If you devise a plan, system, or machine, you have the idea for it and design it.
All 3 Synonyms of throwback

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Related words

  • atavism

    the recurrence in a plant or animal of certain primitive characteristics that were present in an ancestor but have not occurred in intermediate generations
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