throw-off

Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

1. 1
   A start in a hunt or a race.
2. 2
   A race in which a contestant is paid to deliberately lose.
3. 3
   A control that engages or disengages part of the mechanism on a device without having to turn the device off.
4. 4
   A throw taken to resume play, such as after a goal or at the start of a period.
5. 5
   Income minus expenses and depreciation (before tax).
6. 6
   A discount on a debt or invoice due to a problem with the asset being paid for.
7. 7
   The act of flinging or throwing something off.
8. 8
   Something that is flung or thrown off.
9. 9
   The deflection of a projectile at an angle.
10. 10
    Something that has been discarded; a castoff.
11. 11
    A red herring; something intended to throw people off.
12. 12
    Something that is done, made, or said informally, on the side, or off-the-cuff.
13. 13
    A byproduct, spinoff, or incidental creation.
14. 14
    Alternative form of throw-off.

Verb

1. 1
   To confuse; especially, to lose a pursuer.
2. 2
   To introduce errors or inaccuracies; to skew.
3. 3
   Of a horse, to eject its rider.
4. 4
   To fling away.
5. 5
   To expel, reject, or renounce.
6. 6
   To split off.
7. 7
   To give forth in an unpremeditated manner.
8. 8
   To deduct from a price in order to compensate for problems.
9. 9
   To remove (clothing) haphazardly and tossing it on the floor.
10. 10
    To insult or verbally abuse (someone).
11. 11
    Synonym of bear off.