Entry Word: throw up

Function: verb

Meaning: 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> — see vomit
2 to make or assemble roughly or hastily <when the townspeople realized that the Presidentʼs motorcade would be coming through on its way to the conference, they threw up a hasty “Welcome” sign> — see cobble (together)