throw up

Speech parts

1. throw up - Noun

2. throw up - Verb

3. throw up - Interjection

Meaning

eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

throw-up

Synonyms

vomit upchuck chuck honk purge hurl regurgitate spew puke disgorge barf retch regorge be sick chuck up

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Antonyms

attempt continue try seek struggle aim

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Hypernyms

pass eliminate excrete egest

Examples

A lot of my work has to do with not allowing my characters to have an ego in a way that the stomach doesn't have an ego when it's wanting to throw up. It just does it. Matthew Barney

Like their predecessors, the Presidents of today just throw up their hands. Stephen Ambrose

I know the biggest crime is just to throw up your hands, Say, This has nothing to do with me, I just want to live as comfortably as I can... Ani DiFranco

I feel very blessed to have two wonderful, healthy children who keep me completely grounded, sane and throw up on my shoes just before I go to an awards show just so I know to keep it real. Reese Witherspoon

When we have become free, we need not go mad and throw up society and rush off to die in the forest or the cave; we shall remain where we were but we shall understand the whole thing. The same phenomena will remain but with a new meaning. Swami Vivekananda

As long as you persecute people, you will actually throw up terrorism. Antonia Fraser

Close letter words and terms

throw true-to-type throw under a bus throw under the bus throw up one's hands throw up smoke screen throw up the sponge