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Definition of "thrower" []

  • Someone who throws. (noun)
  • Something that throws. (noun)
  • One who throws or twists silk; a throwster. (noun)
  • One who shapes vessels on a throwing engine. (noun)
  • A bowler who illegally throws the ball instead of bowling it. (noun)

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Use "thrower" in a sentence
  • "If they catch the ball, the thrower is out, and, in some leagues, the catcher's teammate comes back in the game."
  • "As the head of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, he has a responsibility to help craft an acceptable plan that can pass Congress ... not just be a bomb thrower from the LEFT."
  • "Although barely five-feet-five inches, Bucky is a superlative javelin thrower, weight-lifter and all-around athlete as well as a good-hearted, upstanding young man who wants nothing more than to inculcate decency in his charges."