threw

Definition

simple past of throw

Etymology

From Middle English threw, from Old English þrēaw (first and third person past tense of þrāwan), from West Germanic *þreu, from Northwest Germanic *þrerō, from Proto-Germanic *þeþrō (first and third person past tense of *þrēaną), reduplication of *þrēaną.

Example Sentences

• ""But I'd have threw lead at him if I'd been scared enough. I wasn't scared enough.""
• "I may have threw it away then, or I may have threw it away after I got the passport and didn't need the various other stuff any long."
• "I never should have had all them niggas in my bed for all them years. Never should have threw you out."