throw up

1
as in to vomit
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 & Similar Words

Relevance
2
as in to throw together
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 & Similar Words

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

Thesaurus Entries Near throw up

Cite this Entry

“Throw up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/throw%20up. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

More from Merriam-Webster on throw up

Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!