throw up

verb

threw up; thrown up; throwing up; throws up

Definition of throw up

intransitive verb

: vomit

transitive verb

1 : vomit

2 : to raise quickly

3 : to build hurriedly new houses thrown up almost overnight

4 : give up, quit the urge … to throw up all intellectual work— Norman Mailer

5 : to bring forth : produce

6 : to make distinct especially by contrast : cause to stand out

7 : to mention repeatedly by way of reproach

throw up one's hands

: to admit defeat in the end throws up his hands in despair— Frank Conroy

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she must have eaten something that didn't agree with her because she threw up right after dinner when the townspeople realized that the President's motorcade would be coming through on its way to the conference, they threw up a hasty “Welcome” sign

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Sanders darted straight down the sideline, and Yeager threw up a bomb. — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, "Turnovers doom Johnson in loss to Minneapolis North, which might’ve found the next Tyler Johnson," 30 Aug. 2019 The opportunities for buying influence this throws up would be legion even if a Democratic administration reformed campaign-finance laws. — The Economist, "The Kochtopus’s garden," 29 Aug. 2019 Evil, used as a talking point, both throws up its hands and washes them. — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, "How Trump Obscures Mass Shootings With Doublespeak," 6 Aug. 2019 As someone who gets occasionally carsick — and ate a giant breakfast before Thursday’s screening — let’s just say that throwing up into my popcorn bag was a bit of a concern. — John Meyer, The Know, "Colorado Parks and Wildlife will begin issuing 2019 hunting reservations later this month," 6 Aug. 2019 On July 4, officers on patrol at the Bay Days festival saw a teenage girl seated by herself hunched over and throwing up. — cleveland.com, "Friends leave drunk girl at Bay Days festival: Bay Village Police Blotter," 11 July 2019 Kim shared two other photos of just her and North, which show the mother-daughter-duo poking out their lips in one shot and throwing up the peace sign in the other. — Robyn Merrett, PEOPLE.com, "North West Wears a Nose Ring as She Rocks an Edgy Look for Great Grandma MJ's Birthday Party," 23 July 2019 Three previous missions, including Chandrayaan-1, sent probes careening into the lunar south pole to throw up debris clouds on impact that overhead orbiters could chemically analyze. — Michael Greshko, National Geographic, "India's historic moon mission launches toward lunar south pole," 22 July 2019 The one who could throw up to 40 pitches without a second thought. — Maria Torres, latimes.com, "Angels’ Noe Ramirez made a quick fix and pitched himself into a bigger role," 28 June 2019

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throw up

intransitive verb

\ ˌthrō-ˈəp

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: vomit

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