throw-in

1. 1.

   (rugby) an act or instance of throwing a ball in to put it into play

   Broaderthrow

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Questions about throw-in

What does throw-in mean?

throw-in means "(rugby) an act or instance of throwing a ball in to put it into play".

How many syllables are in throw-in?

throw-in has 2 syllables and divides as thro-w-in under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is throw-in a common word?

throw-in is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.