Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A play used to restart play in soccer after the ball has gone over the touchline, in which a player on the team not responsible for putting the ball out of bounds flings the ball with both hands over the head back onto the field.
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- noun soccer, rugby, basketball A
set-piece where theball isthrown back into play - noun Australian rules football A throw of the ball back into play by the
boundary umpire . The umpire faces away from the players and throws it in over his or her shoulder (so as to clearly not favour either side by where exactly it's thrown). - noun Ireland the start time of a
Gaelic football match, comparable tokick off in other games.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (rugby) an act or instance of throwing a ball in to put it into play
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Examples
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A throw-in to Galaxy after a miscontrol by Taylor.
LA Galaxy 1-0 Houston Dynamo - as it happened! | MLS Cup final 2011 2011
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Macheda was particularly poor, misplacing passes and at one point trying to control a routine ball only to knock it out for a throw-in.
Manchester United 1-2 Crystal Palace | Carling Cup match report 2011
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We need to take a moment to give some props to Nick Rimando; after being a throw-in in the Freddy Adu trade, he's probably been the best goalkeeper in MLS over the last three years.
U.S. vs. Chile match diary and player ratings Jeff Maurer 2011
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A throw-in comes in but Hall punches clear for Houston.
LA Galaxy 1-0 Houston Dynamo - as it happened! | MLS Cup final 2011 2011
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DeShawn Stevenson was considered, no, he was the throw-in when the Wizards dealt him, along with Caron Butler and Brendan Haywood, to Dallas in exchange for Josh Howard at the trade deadline last season.
DeShawn Stevenson: "Got to keep that streak going" Michael Lee 2011
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A Bridge throw-in found Cole and he easily evaded Gardner before crashing a 25-yarder beyond the goalkeeper Ben Foster.
Birmingham City 3-1 West Ham United (agg 4-3) | Carling Cup semi-final 2011
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There were three minutes to go until half-time and all Sevilla had won was a throw-in, but appreciative applause filled the Sánchez Pizjuán.
Sevilla get their season going ... all it took was to ditch the mother-in-law Sid Lowe 2010
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Woodcock is at the heart of New Zealand's powerful scrum, while Whitelock has transformed the once maligned lineout into a formidable operation: the All Blacks have won a tournament-high 90% of their own lineouts and almost one quarter on their opponents' throw-in.
New Boys Getting Into the Action Jonathan Clegg 2011
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Billups, little more than a throw-in to the trade for salary reasons, showed off his veteran savvy with 21 points and eight assists.
Carmelo Makes Grand Broadway Debut Kevin Clark 2011
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One player apparently not in a battle for a rotation position, in a surprise, is Anthony Carter, the energetic point guard who was considered a throw-in with Anthony but has virtually locked up a rotation spot.
Now Playing: The Nonstars Kevin Clark 2011
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