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Throw up

intj, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Intj
  1. 1
    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.""

Noun
  1. 1
    Misspelling of throwup (“vomit”). alt-of, colloquial, misspelling, uncountable

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

Verb
  1. 1
    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."

  2. 2
    eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth wordnet
  3. 3
    To vomit. ambitransitive, informal

    "The baby threw up all over my shirt."

  4. 4
    To produce or reveal something new or unexpected. transitive

    "This system has thrown up a few problems."

  5. 5
    To cause something such as dust or water to rise into the air. transitive

    "The car wheels threw up a shower of stones."

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  1. 6
    To erect, particularly hastily. dated, transitive

    "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 […]"

  2. 7
    To give up, abandon something. ambitransitive

    "“No!” returned the spy. “I throw up. I confess that we were so unpopular with the outrageous mob, that I only got away from England at the risk of being ducked to death, and that Cly was so ferreted up and down, that he never would have got away at all but for that sham. Though how this man knows it was a sham, is a wonder of wonders to me.”"

  3. 8
    To display a gang sign using the hands. transitive

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

  4. 9
    To enlarge, as a picture reflected on a screen. dated, transitive
  5. 10
    To give special prominence to a line or lines. obsolete, transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

The vomit sense is a clipping of throw up one's accounts (18th century), from earlier idiom cast up one's accounts (15th century).

Etymology 2

The vomit sense is a clipping of throw up one's accounts (18th century), from earlier idiom cast up one's accounts (15th century).

Etymology 3

The vomit sense is a clipping of throw up one's accounts (18th century), from earlier idiom cast up one's accounts (15th century).

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