throw up

== English == === Etymology === The vomit sense is a clipping of throw up one's accounts (18th century), from earlier idiom cast up one's accounts (15th century). === Pronunciation === === Verb === throw up (third-person singular simple present throws up, present participle throwing up, simple past threw up, past participle thrown up) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see throw,‎ up. (intransitive, transitive, now informal, bacteriology) To vomit. (transitive) To produce or reveal something new or unexpected. (transitive) To cause something such as dust or water to rise into the air. (transitive, chiefly dated) To erect, particularly hastily. Synonyms: run up (dated), knock up; throw together, knock together, slap together Coordinate term: whip up (ambitransitive) To give up, abandon something. (transitive) To display a gang sign using the hands. (dated, transitive) To enlarge, as a picture reflected on a screen. (obsolete, transitive, printing) To give special prominence to a line or lines. ==== Synonyms ==== (vomit): chuck up, hurl, upchuck (colloquial); vomit (erect hastily): knock up ==== Derived terms ==== throw up the sponge ==== Translations ==== === Noun === throw up (uncountable) (colloquial) Misspelling of throwup (“vomit”). ==== Alternative forms ==== throwup, throw-up === Interjection === throw up (dismissal) Used as an expression of frustration or to dismiss a conversation partner. === See also === throw down === Anagrams === upthrow