"throw shapes" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-throw shapes.ogg [Australia] Forms: throws shapes [present, singular, third-person], throwing shapes [participle, present], threw shapes [past], thrown shapes [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|throw<,,threw,thrown> shapes}} throw shapes (third-person singular simple present throws shapes, present participle throwing shapes, simple past threw shapes, past participle thrown shapes)
  1. (Ireland, idiomatic, slang) To act tough or put up a front. For example, to threaten a person by making "karate chops" at them, without actually doing harm or knowing karate. Tags: Ireland, idiomatic, slang
    Sense id: en-throw_shapes-en-verb-dg~Fd0DT Categories (other): Irish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English light verb constructions, English predicates, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 31 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 69 31 Disambiguation of English light verb constructions: 71 29 Disambiguation of English predicates: 64 36 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 70 30
  2. (Ireland, idiomatic, slang) To dance. Tags: Ireland, idiomatic, slang
    Sense id: en-throw_shapes-en-verb-hRBqq8xf Categories (other): Irish English

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for throw shapes meaning in English (2.6kB)

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