/θɹuː/, /θɹɪu/
OriginFrom Middle English threw, from Old English þrēaw (first and third person past tense of þrāwan), from West Germanic *þreu, from Northwest Germanic *þrerō, from Proto-Germanic *þeþrō (first and third person past tense of *þrēaną), reduplication of *þrēaną.
- form-of, pastsimple past of throw
- colloquial, form-of, nonstandard, participle, pastpast participle of throw
“"But I'd have threw lead at him if I'd been scared enough. I wasn't scared enough."”
“I may have threw it away then, or I may have threw it away after I got the passport and didn't need the various other stuff any long.”
“I never should have had all them niggas in my bed for all them years. Never should have threw you out.”