throw-in

noun

A set-piece where the ball is thrown back into play

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Meanings

nounthrow-in (plural throw-ins)

plural throw-ins

  1. ball gamesA set-piece where the ball is thrown back into play
  2. Australian rules footballA throw of the ball back into play by the boundary umpire. The umpire faces away from the players and throws it in over his or her shoulder (so as to clearly not favour either side by where exactly it's thrown).
  3. Irelandthe start time of a Gaelic football match, comparable to kick off in other games.
  4. An extra item added free of charge; a product that is thrown in with another.

    Salesman: Uh, hey, how about a Skinny Scan 27,000 with a Computer Virus Eradicator as a throw-in?

    1999, Mona the Vampire, "The Nefarious Computer Virus" (season 1, episode 2b)

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
endplay

Origin

Deverbal from throw in.

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Translations

Arabic رَمْيَةُ تَمَاسّ
  • رَمْيَةُ تَمَاسّ (ramyatu tamāss)throw of the ball back into play
Catalan servei
  • serveithrow of the ball back into play
Chinese Mandarin 界外球
  • 界外球 (jièwàiqiú)throw of the ball back into play
Czech vhazování
  • vhazováníthrow of the ball back into play
Danish indkast
  • indkastthrow of the ball back into play
Dutch ingooi
  • ingooithrow of the ball back into play
Finnish rajaheitto, sivurajaheitto
  • rajaheittothrow of the ball back into play
  • sivurajaheittothrow of the ball back into play
  • kaupanpäällinenextra item added free of charge
French remise en jeu
  • remise en jeuthrow of the ball back into play
German Einwurf
  • Einwurfthrow of the ball back into play
Greek πλάγιο άουτ, πλάγιο
  • πλάγιο άουτ (plágio áout)throw of the ball back into play
  • πλάγιο (plágio)throw of the ball back into play
Hungarian bedobás
  • bedobásthrow of the ball back into play
Icelandic innkast
  • innkastthrow of the ball back into play
Japanese スローイン, おまけ
  • スローイン (surōin)throw of the ball back into play
  • おまけ (omake)extra item added free of charge
Korean 스로인
  • 스로인 (seuroin)throw of the ball back into play
Norwegian Bokmål innkast
  • innkastthrow of the ball back into play
Portuguese lançamento lateral, arremesso lateral
  • lançamento lateralthrow of the ball back into play
  • arremesso lateralthrow of the ball back into play
Russian вбра́сывание, вброс
  • вбра́сывание (vbrásyvanije)throw of the ball back into play
  • вброс (vbros)throw of the ball back into play
Scottish Gaelic sadadh a-steach, tilgeadh a-steach
  • sadadh a-steachthrow of the ball back into play
  • tilgeadh a-steachthrow of the ball back into play
Spanish saque de banda, saque lateral
  • saque de bandathrow of the ball back into play
  • saque lateralthrow of the ball back into play
  • lateralthrow of the ball back into play
Swedish inkast
  • inkastthrow of the ball back into play
Vietnamese ném biên
  • ném biênthrow of the ball back into play
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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