DictionaryAI

throw-off

Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

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

Verb

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

We haven’t written up throw-off yet: Simple and Standard meanings, examples and a quiz.