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1) small bits of coloured paper (to be) thrown at weddings (confetti)

2) a heavy, round object of wood, stone or metal (to be) thrown in athletic contests (discus)

3) waste food (to be) thrown out, fed to pigs etc; rubbish, refuse (of any kind); useless or wrongly programmed data (garbage)

4) a kind of small bomb (to be) thrown by hand (grenade)

5) (to use) a spear on a rope, thrown by hand or fired from a gun, for catching (large sea-animals) (harpoon)

6) goods thrown overboard from a ship at sea to lighten it, e.g. in a storm (jetsam)

7) to do tricks, perform (with balls, plates etc thrown into the air) to amuse people (juggle)

8) a rubber ring etc to be thrown over a peg in a game (called 'quoits') (quoit)

9) (of sound) to be sent or thrown back again and again; to have a repeated effect (reverberate)

10) anything that is (to be) thrown away as worthless; nonsense (rubbish)

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Meaning:
clueless

(of a person) ignorant and stupid

confused

distraught

extremely troubled or upset

very upset, worked-up

unsettled

not settled

bothered, upset

upset

a condition of being ill; an unexpected result; to knock over; overturn; to cause (a person or thing) to be disturbed

disturbed, bothered

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