throw up

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

   Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see throw, up.

   • Away to the window I flew like a flash, Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.
   • The servant (who) had first entered had thrown up the window […]
2. 2

   To vomit.

   • The baby threw up all over my shirt.
   • That cat is always throwing up hairballs.
   • I wonder what happens if you throw up in zero gravity.
3. 3

   To produce or reveal something new or unexpected.

   • This system has thrown up a few problems.
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   1. 4

      To cause something such as dust or water to rise into the air.

      • The car wheels threw up a shower of stones.
   2. 5

      To erect, particularly hastily.

      • Every depression in the ground had been utilized; every rise taken advantage of, to dig rifle-pits or throw up a little earthwork, surrounded with sand-bags […]
      • In other words, a business can throw up a huge detour sign in the way of the government.
      • The deal was that if anyone started catching feelings, he could throw up a stop sign and the other would honor it.
   3. 6

      To give up, abandon something.

      • In 1944, believing, as people in Leeds tended to do, that flying bombs or no flying bombs, things were better Down South, Dad threw up his job with the Co-op and we migrated to Guildford.
   4. 7

      To display a gang sign using the hands.

      • Why don't you go on and throw up ya gang sign. Represent your hood, homey?
   5. 8

      To enlarge, as a picture reflected on a screen.

   6. 9

      To give special prominence to a line or lines.

   7. 10

      Misspelling of throwup (“vomit”).

      • We had to scrub the seats for throw up when we left the dog in the car.
   8. 11

      Used as an expression of frustration or to dismiss a conversation partner.

      • "Oh, throw up," thought Rayne. "Don't say they've taken a fancy to each other."
      • Oh, throw up. Really? Since when does Hannah need to be rescued by anyone for anything?
      • Oh throw up... Biden & Harris are both losers.

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