Associations to the word «Throwaway»
Noun
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Wiktionary
THROWAWAY, adjective. Disposable; intended for a single use prior to being discarded.
THROWAWAY, adjective. Extemporaneous; off the cuff.
THROWAWAY, adjective. Selected or used without care or attention.
THROWAWAY, noun. Something temporary or disposable.
THROWAWAY LINE, noun. A line of dialog that suggests new plot lines but that mean little or nothing in the current context.
Dictionary definition
THROWAWAY, noun. (sometimes offensive) a homeless boy who has been abandoned and roams the streets.
THROWAWAY, noun. An advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution; "he mailed the circular to all subscribers".
THROWAWAY, noun. Words spoken in a casual way with conscious under-emphasis.
THROWAWAY, adjective. Thrown away; "wearing someone's cast-off clothes"; "throwaway children living on the streets"; "salvaged some thrown-away furniture".
THROWAWAY, adjective. Intended to be thrown away after use; "throwaway diapers".
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.