rethrow

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verb

To throw again.

OriginEnglish throw ← Middle English re- ← Old French re- →
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Meanings

verbrethrow (third-person singular simple present rethrows, present participle rethrowing, simple past rethrew, past participle rethrown)

present singular third person rethrows · participle present rethrowing · past rethrew · participle past rethrown

  1. transitiveTo throw again.

    Then, I could simply grab the gross ball with that and rethrow it.

    2023, Madelyn Scott, Homicide and Hearts: Valentine's Day
  2. transitivecomputingTo throw (an exception) again.
nounrethrow (plural rethrows)

plural rethrows

  1. computingThe act of throwing an exception again.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishthrow
  7. Englishrethrow

From re- + throw.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

thrower
Cite this entry
APA

rethrow. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rethrow

MLA

“rethrow.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rethrow. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rethrow,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rethrow.

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