throw up

throw up

verb

Definition of THROW UP

1

to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth <she must have eaten something that didn't agree with her because she threw up right after dinner>

Synonyms barf, gag, heave, hurl, puke, retch, spew, spit up, throw up, upchuck

Related Words disgorge, regurgitate; eject, expel; nauseate

2

to make or assemble roughly or hastily <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>

Synonyms jury-rig, patch (together), throw up

Related Words dash (off); jerry-build

Near Antonyms craft, handcraft; fashion, forge, hammer out, pound (out)