throw stones

verb

To insult or criticize someone or something.

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Meanings

verbthrow stones (third-person singular simple present throws stones, present participle throwing stones, simple past threw stones, past participle thrown stones)

present singular third person throws stones · participle present throwing stones · past threw stones · participle past thrown stones

  1. idiomaticoftenTo insult or criticize someone or something.
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    Chinese memes about Venom, combined with the silliness of Sony’s charm offensive and Venom’s depicted earnestness, seem to have generated huge interest in the movie from Chinese audiences. And before we throw stones at Chinese teratophilia, you have to remember that there are plenty of Americans who want to do bad things with the symbiote too.

    2018 November 26, Alex Abad-Santos, “China has helped Venom become an $822 million box office success”, in Vox
Cite this entry
APA

throw stones. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/throw%20stones

MLA

“throw stones.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/throw%20stones. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “throw stones,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/throw%20stones.

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