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"throw" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often chuck (5 letters).
Definitions
Send through the air
Word origin
From Middle English throwen, thrawen, from Old English þrāwan (“to turn, twist”), from Proto-West Germanic *þrāan, from Proto-Germanic *þrēaną (“to twist, turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to rub, rub by twisting, twist, turn”).
Used in a sentence
“throw a shoe; throw a javelin; the horse threw its rider”
“There the snake throws her enamelled skin.”
“throw the switch”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Toss through the air”5 letters
02“Send through the air”5 letters
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