Throw-off

Quick meaning: Throw-off is a noun meaning (UK) A start in a hunt or a race.

Meaning

(UK) A start in a hunt or a race.

More Meanings

1. A race in which a contestant is paid to deliberately lose.
2. A control that engages or disengages part of the mechanism on a device without having to turn the device off.
3. (sports) A throw taken to resume play, such as after a goal or at the start of a period.
4. (accounting) Income minus expenses and depreciation (before tax).
5. (by extension) A discount on a debt or invoice due to a problem with the asset being paid for.
6. The act of flinging or throwing something off.
7. Something that is flung or thrown off.

Example Sentences

The 'throw-off' was at one o'clock, and the gallop lasted more than two hours and a half, so that the fox had a very long run.

Fixed races, or "throw-offs, as they were called, were common enough to keep sprint running relegated to outlying areas during the 1870s.

He would be available as a chaperon for the feminine division, as he did not intend to do more than canter a mile or two after the throw-off.

We had not covered much more than three miles since the throw-off; but horses and hounds already exhibited a most interesting and picturesque tail.

Word Forms

• throw-offs
• throwoff

Related Words

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