Etymology

Deverbal from throw upCategory:English deverbals#THROWUP.

Pronunciation

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Noun

throwup (countable and uncountable, plural throwups)Category:English lemmas#THROWUPCategory:English nouns#THROWUPCategory:English uncountable nouns#THROWUPCategory:English countable nouns#THROWUPCategory:English countable nouns#THROWUPCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#THROWUPCategory:Pages with entries#THROWUPCategory:Pages with 1 entry#THROWUP

1. Vomit.

   I had to change seats because I could still smell the throwup from the passenger who sat there yesterday.Category:English terms with usage examples#THROWUP

   • 2012, Marcus Samuelsson, “One: My African Mother”, in Yes, Chef, Random House, →ISBN, page 6:

     It was all coming at her now: the fatigue and the fever; pieces of her lung splintering and mixing with her throwup; the calcifications on her bones, where the disease had already spread.

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2. Alternative spelling of throw-up (type of graffiti)

Anagrams

• upthrow