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Verb: throw up
- Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
"After drinking too much, the students threw up";
- vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, barf, spew, spue [archaic], chuck, upchuck [N. Amer], honk, regurgitate, vom [informal], keck, hurl, chuck up [Brit], boke [UK, dialect], chunder [Brit], boak [UK, dialect]
Derived forms: throws up, thrown up, threw up, throwing up
Type of: egest, eliminate, excrete, pass
Encyclopedia: Throw up
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throw in
throw in the towel
throw off
throw out
throw out of kilter
throw overboard
throw pillow
throw rug
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throwback
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throwing away
throwing board
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throw in the towel
throw off
throw out
throw out of kilter
throw overboard
throw pillow
throw rug
throw stick
throw together
throw up
throwaway
throwback
thrower
throw-in
throwing away
throwing board
throwing stick
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thrown and twisted
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