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Throw a wobbly is slang for become very angry.
Engineer's spanner was old London Cockney rhyming slang for a sixpence (tanner).
Hands. As in "Keep your tit spanners off my lunch!".
1 n wrench. 2 adj A very mild friendly insult: BobÂ’ll be a bit late; the spanner left his phone in a taxi.
Verb. 1. To vomit. A shortening of 'throw up'. 2. To intentionally or by one's own foolishness, lose a game. {Informal}
Spanker was old th century slang for a gold coin.
Spanner is British slang for an attractive woman.
Throw a mental is American slang for lose one's composure, lose one's temper.
This is an expression that means to wreck something.
Tartan banner was old London Cockney rhyming slang for a sixpence (tanner).
Elsie Tanner is London Cockney rhyming slang for a spanner.
Throw is slang for to vomit.
Vrb phrs. Become very angry. Also throw a wobbler and chuck a wobbly. E.g." He threw a wobbly when he found her having sex with the plumber on the kitchen floor."
Throw a sickie is slang for falsely claim to be ill.
This is an expression that means to wreck something.
Disabled person. For example "That Lionel Starkey, he's such a spanner" (Mr Starkey was spesh),(Contributor asks "jesus, did we ever used to say stuff like this?" (ed: afraid so... kids are nasty, horrible, sadistic little bastards usually - I know - I used to be one!) Had more on this one. Seems the terms now mutated into an almost 'affectionate' admonition for someone who has done something 'daft. Used as "God did you really do that? You are such a spanner!!" (ed: on the other hand, its origins are the same so... ?).
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v. t.
To fling or cast in any manner; to drive to a distance from the hand or from an engine; to propel; to send; as, to throw stones or dust with the hand; a cannon throws a ball; a fire engine throws a stream of water to extinguish flames.
v. t.
To overturn; to prostrate in wrestling; as, a man throws his antagonist.
p. p.
of Throw
v. t.
Fig.: To injure by aspersion; to defame; to soil; also, to throw out in a defamatory manner.
v. t.
To cause to take a strategic position; as, he threw a detachment of his army across the river.
v. t.
To fling, cast, or hurl with a certain whirling motion of the arm, to throw a ball; -- distinguished from to toss, or to bowl.
n.
One who varnishes in the manner of the Japanese, or one skilled in the art.
n.
The extreme movement given to a sliding or vibrating reciprocating piece by a cam, crank, eccentric, or the like; travel; stroke; as, the throw of a slide valve. Also, frequently, the length of the radius of a crank, or the eccentricity of an eccentric; as, the throw of the crank of a steam engine is equal to half the stroke of the piston.
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v. t.
To throw together in a disorderly manner.
v. t.
To drive by violence; as, a vessel or sailors may be thrown upon a rock.
v. i.
To throw something out of the mouth in a scattering manner; to sputter.
n.
Pain; especially, pain of travail; throe.
n.
The distance which a missile is, or may be, thrown; as, a stone's throw.
n.
A contrivance in some of the ealier steam engines for moving the valves for the alternate admission and shutting off of the steam.
n.
A turner's lathe; a throwe.
n.
A cast of dice; the manner in which dice fall when cast; as, a good throw.
v. t.
To throw in the manner of a lance. See Lanch.
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