<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>to cast, fling, or hurl a missile or the like</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>an act or instance of throwing or casting; cast; fling</li><li>the distance to which anything is or may be thrown: a stone's throw</li><li>Informal. a venture or chance: It was his last throw</li><li>Machinery. the distance between the center of a crankshaft and the center of the crankpins, equal to one half of the piston stroke</li><li>the distance between the center of a crankshaft and the center of an eccentric</li><li>the movement of a reciprocating part in one direction</li><li>(in a movie theater) the distance between the projector and the screen</li><li>(in an auditorium or the like) the distance between a loudspeaker and the audience</li><li>the length of a beam of light: a spotlight with a throw of 500 feet</li><li>Theater. the distance to which a spotlight can be projected</li><li>the area illuminated by a spotlight</li><li>a scarf, boa, shawl, or the like</li><li>a light blanket, as for use when reclining on a sofa</li><li>a cast of dice</li><li>the number thrown with a pair of dice</li><li>Wrestling. the act, method, or an instance of throwing an opponent</li><li>Geology, Mining. the amount of vertical displacement produced by a fault</li></ul>