THROW UP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does throw up mean? 

• THROW UP (verb)
  The verb THROW UP has 1 sense:

1. eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth

  Familiarity information: THROW UP used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• THROW UP (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

regorge; vomit up; vomit; upchuck; throw up; spue; spew; sick; retch; regurgitate; barf; purge; puke; honk; disgorge; chuck; cat; cast; be sick

Context example:

The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night

Hypernyms (to "throw up" is one way to...):

egest; eliminate; excrete; pass (eliminate from the body)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

 Context examples 

I foresaw the difficulty of arousing him, so I gathered some gravel from the pile which you have mentioned, and I used it to throw up to his window.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Astonishment at the unexpected sight of you might cause him to throw up his hands?

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He half turned as he spoke, and I saw him throw up his left arm with a singular gesture into the air.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Taking too much all at once can overload your stomach and make you throw up.

(Dehydration, NIH)

I saw the old man throw up his arms, a terrible convulsion passed over his grim face, and he fell back in his chair.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Ah! sir—but a thoughtless young person will sometimes step behind a window-curtain, and throw up a sash, without its being suspected.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

You may also feel nauseated, or even throw up.

(Indigestion, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

For a minute Jo stood still with a strange feeling in her heart, then she resolved to go on, but something held and turned her round, just in time to see Amy throw up her hands and go down, with a sudden crash of rotten ice, the splash of water, and a cry that made Jo's heart stand still with fear.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Frank wouldn’t throw up his hand, though; so he followed me there, and he saw me without Pa knowing anything about it.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

His springy step never slowed until suddenly, when he was a hundred yards in front of me, he halted, and I saw him throw up his hand with a gesture of grief and despair.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)