Definitions for throwaway

throwaway throw·a·way

Spelling: [throh-uh-wey]
IPA: /ˈθroʊ əˌweɪ/

Throwaway is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 179 anagrams from letters in throwaway (aahortwwy).

Definitions for throwaway

noun

  1. something that is made or intended to be discarded.
  2. a handbill, advertising circular, pamphlet, etc., intended to be discarded after reading.
  3. Also called pushout. Informal. a youth who is unwanted or rejected by his or her family, the school system, or society in general.

adjective

  1. made or intended to be discarded after use or quick examination:
  2. delivered or expressed casually or extemporaneously:

Origin of throwaway

First recorded in 1900-05; adj., noun use of verb phrase throw away

Examples for throwaway

And instead of throwaway dishes they used chinaware that could have come right out of a museum.

The mainland lay not more than a short stone's throwaway, but between it and the island the water ran as swift as a mill race.

He had a few bob on throwaway and he's gone to gather in the shekels.

What a throwaway, half-assed response devoid of any sort of research.

Even the Vatican weighed in, condemning the case as proof of our “throwaway culture.”

The latest message was from a throwaway email address from one of the new Brazilian anonymizers.

Forth reached into a drawer for a flat bottle; poured tea-colored liquid into a throwaway cup.

Yes, there are the usual references to color-changing T-shirts and Jurassic Park, but it feels more warranted than throwaway here.

Mr Prentis's joke went down a storm with delegates but was later downplayed by an official spokesperson as "a throwaway remark".

The Getaway Car is lousy with these throwaway lines and asides.

Word Value for throwaway
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Words with friends

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