throwbackn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈθrəʊbak/, U.S.

/ˈθroʊˌbæk/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: to throw back at throw v.¹ Phrasal verbs.

Etymology: < to throw back at throw v.¹ Phrasal verbs. Compare earlier throwing back n. at throwing n.² Compounds 1.

A. n.

1. The action or an act of throwing something backwards or towards the rear; a backwards movement or direction.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > [noun]

retreat1594

reciprocation1603

retrocession1642

retrogradation1644

disadvancing1659

retrocedence1703

retrogression1704

backening1748

backwarding1765

throwback1851

1851 E. C. Gaskell Cranford in Househ. Words 6 Mar. 267/1 He had..a stiff military throw-back of his head, and a springing step.

1883 Cricket as it should be Played 37 The same throwback of the bat puts you always in advance of the bowler's tactics.

1902 Daily Chron. 19 Mar. 9/4 The Light Blues' throw-back of the bodies for the first catch is imposing.

1945 Studies: Irish Q. Rev. 34 155 Noteworthy was the throw-back of his well-shaped head, refined and dignified.

2008 Sunday Mail (S. Austral.) (Nexis) 20 Jan. 84 A throwback of the head on the couch.

2. A reversal or check in progress; a setback, a relapse. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > relapse > [noun]

again-falling1340

regressa1522

retrogration1567

regression1583

retrogradationa1609

reincidency1622

recess1641

retrogation1646

setback1669

retrogress1701

retrogression1757

backwarding1765

fallback1830

throwback1856

regressivity1890

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > [noun] > set-back

pullback1584

pull-down1588

throwback1856

the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [noun] > hindering or retarding > a set-back

overthwart1513

setback1669

put-backa1697

counter-step1720

back-set1722

backcast1818

throwback1856

1856 H. R. Reynolds Let. 8 Apr. in Life & Lett. (1898) v. 123 The little throw-back of my progress..was not such as to create any uneasiness.

1875 Mrs. W. H. Bryant Self-united II. xvi. 235 The remark was chilling, and Bob felt it as a throw-back of his enthusiasm.

1902 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 286 The belief in popular principles held by most Englishmen before the great throw back of the French Revolution.

1993 Straits Times (Singapore) (Nexis) 4 Dec. It's a good advertising gimmick which does nothing for the image of Asian women. It's a throwback in progress.

a. A reversion to an ancestral type or characteristic; an instance of this.

ΚΠ

1883 Standard 27 Sept. 5/3 Krao could not be a ‘missing link’, she seems to be accepted by Professors as possibly a ‘throw-back’—a capricious reversion to an earlier type.

1894 Temple Bar Mar. 454 Our feeble throw-back to savagery.

1907 Literary Digest 9 Nov. 682/2 The demand for Socialism is in reality a throwback to primitive ideas and primitive instincts.

1992 T. Janowitz Male Cross-dresser Support Group 146 According to my mother, my father had chosen to remove himself from civilization only because he was a genetic throwback.

2011 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 16 Nov. a16 Researchers..say they've confirmed that voters perceive lower voices as a ‘cue to dominance’—an evolutionary throwback that still resonates today.

b. A return to a style, fashion, etc., from the past; a person or thing suggestive of a former time.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > change of direction, reversion > [noun] > change to other or former condition

re-entry1599

reaction1792

shift1826

reversal1862

swing-back1862

flop1880

revert1895

throwback1923

swing-over1927

U-turn1929

right turn1940

swing-round1940

turnaround1941

turn-round1963

U-ey1976

switch-around1981

the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [noun] > old-fashionedness > something that is old-fashioned

fogramity1796

fossil1844

back number1882

vieux jeu1896

dinosaur1899

Model T1909

old hat1911

throwback1923

museum piece1928

geriatric1977

the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > change of direction, reversion > [noun] > change to other or former condition > example of

throwback1923

1923 M. Summers in W. Congreve Compl. Wks. I. Introd. 6 Fashion..began to demand a narrative occupying about ten or a dozen pages instead of as many volumes, what the Spaniards called an Entreteniamento, a throwback to the novelle of Boccaccio and Firenzuola.

1938 Sun (Baltimore) 19 July 8/3 His flight was harebrained and foolhardy... It was an unnecessary throwback to the romantic era of long-distance aviation.

1976 UCT Stud. in Eng. (Univ. Cape Town) Oct. 13 If..modern literature is distinctive in its claim on our moral attention, Stevens is distinctly un-modern, a transcendental throwback.

2014 Cycle Sport Oct. 23/3 Unlike many of its contemporaries it doesn't look like a throwback to the early 1990s.

†4. In a system of electric bells: a device by which the operator resets an indicator after it has dropped or closed to show which bell has rung. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrical appliances or devices > [noun] > drop annunciator

throwback1889

1889 Eng. Mechanic & World of Sci. 4 Jan. 367/2 The superiority of the self-replacing indicators for general purposes, over the mechanical or electrical throwbacks was pointed out.

1900 P. N. Hasluck Electric Bells iv. 73 If the clutch of a mechanical throw-back indicator holds the arm of the movement too tightly, it may be necessary to smooth the parts with a fine file until they work more freely.

B. adj.

Reverting to, similar to, or suggestive of a former type (cf. sense A. 3); old-fashioned, outdated. Also: characterized by imitation or revival of a style from the (recent) past; retro.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [adjective] > old-fashioned or antiquated

moth-frettenOE

antiquate?a1425

antique?1532

rusty1549

moth-eaten1551

musty1575

worm-eatenc1575

overyear1584

out of date1589

old-fashioned1592

out of date1592

worm-eat1597

old-fashion1599

ancient1601

outdated1616

out-of-fashion1623

over-aged1623

superannuateda1634

thorough-old1639

overdateda1641

trunk-hosea1643

antiquitated1645

antiquated1654

out-of-fashioned1671

unmodern1731

of the old school1749

auld-farrant1750

old-fangled1764

fossila1770

fogram1772

passé1775

unmodernized1775

oxidated1791

moss-covered1792

square-toeda1797

old-fashionable1807

pigtail1817

behind the times1826

slow1827

fossilized1828

rococo1836

antiquish1838

old-timey1850

out of season1850

moss-grown1851

old style1858

antiqued1859

pigtaily1859

prehistoric1859

backdated1862

played1864

fossiled1866

bygone1869

mossy-backed1870

old-worldly1878

past-time1889

outmoded1896

dated1900

brontosaurian1909

antiquey1926

horse-and-buggy1926

vintage1928

Neolithic1934

time-warped1938

demoded1941

steam age1941

hairy1946

old school1946

rinky-dink1946

time warp1954

Palaeolithic1957

retardataire1958

throwback1968

wally1969

antwacky1975

the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [adjective] > old-fashioned or antiquated > retro

throwback1968

retro1972

1968 Ebony June 85 Geneticists..said a dormant ‘throwback’ gene among the six color-determining genes was responsible for the ‘oddity’ of Sandra's hue.

1973 Presbyterian Jrnl. 16 May 11/2 Specialists..scratch their heads in wonder at the way people today conduct themselves in such a throwback manner.

1990 Observer 1 Apr. 63/5 John Brown's Body in the Tramway, ambitiously designed by Pamela Howard after the style of Mnouchkine's side-show 1789 and the Bread and Puppet Theatre (all very throwback, like the show's sentimentality).

1995 N.Y. Times 1 Sept. s5/3 The current team wore ‘throwback jerseys’ similar to those worn by the great Army teams of the '40s.

2015 S. K. Leidich Two Moms in Raw 98 Thanks to its rich taste and party-pleasing personality, this is one throwback recipe I'm happy to usher into the modern era.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	throwback
释义	throwbackn.adj. Brit. /ˈθrəʊbak/, U.S. /ˈθroʊˌbæk/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: to throw back at throw v.¹ Phrasal verbs. Etymology: < to throw back at throw v.¹ Phrasal verbs. Compare earlier throwing back n. at throwing n.² Compounds 1. A. n. 1. The action or an act of throwing something backwards or towards the rear; a backwards movement or direction. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > [noun] retreat1594 reciprocation1603 retrocession1642 retrogradation1644 disadvancing1659 retrocedence1703 retrogression1704 backening1748 backwarding1765 throwback1851 1851 E. C. Gaskell Cranford in Househ. Words 6 Mar. 267/1 He had..a stiff military throw-back of his head, and a springing step. 1883 Cricket as it should be Played 37 The same throwback of the bat puts you always in advance of the bowler's tactics. 1902 Daily Chron. 19 Mar. 9/4 The Light Blues' throw-back of the bodies for the first catch is imposing. 1945 Studies: Irish Q. Rev. 34 155 Noteworthy was the throw-back of his well-shaped head, refined and dignified. 2008 Sunday Mail (S. Austral.) (Nexis) 20 Jan. 84 A throwback of the head on the couch. 2. A reversal or check in progress; a setback, a relapse. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > relapse > [noun] again-falling1340 regressa1522 retrogration1567 regression1583 retrogradationa1609 reincidency1622 recess1641 retrogation1646 setback1669 retrogress1701 retrogression1757 backwarding1765 fallback1830 throwback1856 regressivity1890 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > [noun] > set-back pullback1584 pull-down1588 throwback1856 the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [noun] > hindering or retarding > a set-back overthwart1513 setback1669 put-backa1697 counter-step1720 back-set1722 backcast1818 throwback1856 1856 H. R. Reynolds Let. 8 Apr. in Life & Lett. (1898) v. 123 The little throw-back of my progress..was not such as to create any uneasiness. 1875 Mrs. W. H. Bryant Self-united II. xvi. 235 The remark was chilling, and Bob felt it as a throw-back of his enthusiasm. 1902 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 286 The belief in popular principles held by most Englishmen before the great throw back of the French Revolution. 1993 Straits Times (Singapore) (Nexis) 4 Dec. It's a good advertising gimmick which does nothing for the image of Asian women. It's a throwback in progress. 3. a. A reversion to an ancestral type or characteristic; an instance of this. ΚΠ 1883 Standard 27 Sept. 5/3 Krao could not be a ‘missing link’, she seems to be accepted by Professors as possibly a ‘throw-back’—a capricious reversion to an earlier type. 1894 Temple Bar Mar. 454 Our feeble throw-back to savagery. 1907 Literary Digest 9 Nov. 682/2 The demand for Socialism is in reality a throwback to primitive ideas and primitive instincts. 1992 T. Janowitz Male Cross-dresser Support Group 146 According to my mother, my father had chosen to remove himself from civilization only because he was a genetic throwback. 2011 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 16 Nov. a16 Researchers..say they've confirmed that voters perceive lower voices as a ‘cue to dominance’—an evolutionary throwback that still resonates today. b. A return to a style, fashion, etc., from the past; a person or thing suggestive of a former time. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > change of direction, reversion > [noun] > change to other or former condition re-entry1599 reaction1792 shift1826 reversal1862 swing-back1862 flop1880 revert1895 throwback1923 swing-over1927 U-turn1929 right turn1940 swing-round1940 turnaround1941 turn-round1963 U-ey1976 switch-around1981 the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [noun] > old-fashionedness > something that is old-fashioned fogramity1796 fossil1844 back number1882 vieux jeu1896 dinosaur1899 Model T1909 old hat1911 throwback1923 museum piece1928 geriatric1977 the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > change of direction, reversion > [noun] > change to other or former condition > example of throwback1923 1923 M. Summers in W. Congreve Compl. Wks. I. Introd. 6 Fashion..began to demand a narrative occupying about ten or a dozen pages instead of as many volumes, what the Spaniards called an Entreteniamento, a throwback to the novelle of Boccaccio and Firenzuola. 1938 Sun (Baltimore) 19 July 8/3 His flight was harebrained and foolhardy... It was an unnecessary throwback to the romantic era of long-distance aviation. 1976 UCT Stud. in Eng. (Univ. Cape Town) Oct. 13 If..modern literature is distinctive in its claim on our moral attention, Stevens is distinctly un-modern, a transcendental throwback. 2014 Cycle Sport Oct. 23/3 Unlike many of its contemporaries it doesn't look like a throwback to the early 1990s. †4. In a system of electric bells: a device by which the operator resets an indicator after it has dropped or closed to show which bell has rung. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrical appliances or devices > [noun] > drop annunciator throwback1889 1889 Eng. Mechanic & World of Sci. 4 Jan. 367/2 The superiority of the self-replacing indicators for general purposes, over the mechanical or electrical throwbacks was pointed out. 1900 P. N. Hasluck Electric Bells iv. 73 If the clutch of a mechanical throw-back indicator holds the arm of the movement too tightly, it may be necessary to smooth the parts with a fine file until they work more freely. B. adj. Reverting to, similar to, or suggestive of a former type (cf. sense A. 3); old-fashioned, outdated. Also: characterized by imitation or revival of a style from the (recent) past; retro. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [adjective] > old-fashioned or antiquated moth-frettenOE antiquate?a1425 antique?1532 rusty1549 moth-eaten1551 musty1575 worm-eatenc1575 overyear1584 out of date1589 old-fashioned1592 out of date1592 worm-eat1597 old-fashion1599 ancient1601 outdated1616 out-of-fashion1623 over-aged1623 superannuateda1634 thorough-old1639 overdateda1641 trunk-hosea1643 antiquitated1645 antiquated1654 out-of-fashioned1671 unmodern1731 of the old school1749 auld-farrant1750 old-fangled1764 fossila1770 fogram1772 passé1775 unmodernized1775 oxidated1791 moss-covered1792 square-toeda1797 old-fashionable1807 pigtail1817 behind the times1826 slow1827 fossilized1828 rococo1836 antiquish1838 old-timey1850 out of season1850 moss-grown1851 old style1858 antiqued1859 pigtaily1859 prehistoric1859 backdated1862 played1864 fossiled1866 bygone1869 mossy-backed1870 old-worldly1878 past-time1889 outmoded1896 dated1900 brontosaurian1909 antiquey1926 horse-and-buggy1926 vintage1928 Neolithic1934 time-warped1938 demoded1941 steam age1941 hairy1946 old school1946 rinky-dink1946 time warp1954 Palaeolithic1957 retardataire1958 throwback1968 wally1969 antwacky1975 the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [adjective] > old-fashioned or antiquated > retro throwback1968 retro1972 1968 Ebony June 85 Geneticists..said a dormant ‘throwback’ gene among the six color-determining genes was responsible for the ‘oddity’ of Sandra's hue. 1973 Presbyterian Jrnl. 16 May 11/2 Specialists..scratch their heads in wonder at the way people today conduct themselves in such a throwback manner. 1990 Observer 1 Apr. 63/5 John Brown's Body in the Tramway, ambitiously designed by Pamela Howard after the style of Mnouchkine's side-show 1789 and the Bread and Puppet Theatre (all very throwback, like the show's sentimentality). 1995 N.Y. Times 1 Sept. s5/3 The current team wore ‘throwback jerseys’ similar to those worn by the great Army teams of the '40s. 2015 S. K. Leidich Two Moms in Raw 98 Thanks to its rich taste and party-pleasing personality, this is one throwback recipe I'm happy to usher into the modern era. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1851
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