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4 definitions found
for throwaway
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
throwaway \throw"a*way\ a.
1. designed to be discarded after a single use; disposable.
[PJC]
2. spoken with deliberate underemphasis; as, a throwaway line
in a play.
[PJC]
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
throwaway \throw"a*way\ n.
1. an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a
leaflet) intended for wide distribution.
Syn: circular, handbill, bill, broadside, broadsheet, flier,
flyer
[WordNet 1.5]
2. words spoken in a casual way with conscious underemphasis.
[WordNet 1.5]
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
throwaway
adj 1: thrown away; "wearing someone's cast-off clothes";
"throwaway children living on the streets"; "salvaged
some thrown-away furniture" [syn: cast-off(a),
discarded, throwaway(a), thrown-away(a)]
2: intended to be thrown away after use; "throwaway diapers"
n 1: (sometimes offensive) a homeless boy who has been abandoned
and roams the streets [syn: street arab, gamin,
throwaway]
2: an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet)
intended for wide distribution; "he mailed the circular to
all subscribers" [syn: circular, handbill, bill,
broadside, broadsheet, flier, flyer, throwaway]
3: words spoken in a casual way with conscious under-emphasis
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
22 Moby Thesaurus words for "throwaway":
castaway, castoff, consumable, deep six, discard, discarding,
disposable, disposal, dumping, elimination, expendable, jettison,
junking, no-deposit, refuse, reject, rejectamenta, rejection,
removal, replaceable, scrapping, spendable
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