stone-throwing

noun

The action of throwing one or more stones, often as a form of aggression or assault, or with the intention of causing damage.

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Meanings

nounstone-throwing (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe action of throwing one or more stones, often as a form of aggression or assault, or with the intention of causing damage.

    Porcelain insulators, though generally successful, have proved vulnerable to malicious stone-throwing and particularly in bad weather they have been liable to fracture in flashover where there are many steam locomotive movements; [...].

    1961 December, “Talking of Trains: B.R. experience with 25kV a.c.”, in Trains Illustrated, page 707
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APA

stone-throwing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stone-throwing

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“stone-throwing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stone-throwing. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stone-throwing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stone-throwing.

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