n. Perhaps the most arcane and archaic field event still contested at the Olympics and only marginally less silly than tug o'war or tossing the caber as a competition for grown ups. Strong lobbying by Canada and Scotland, who use hammer throwing in their cross-training for tossing granite rocks in ice-curling, keeps the sport from going the way of the Dodo and the standing fish-slap.

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To throw a frisbee overhand as if you were throwing a baseball. The thumb rests on the inside lip of the frisbee. You can reverse your grip and the throw then becomes the Hebrew Hammer.