Function: transitive verb
Date: 15th century
1 : to raise quickly
2 : GIVE UP , QUIT <the urge ⋯ to throw up all intellectual work ― Norman Mailer>
3 : to build hurriedly <new houses thrown up almost overnight>
4 : VOMIT
5 : to bring forth : PRODUCE
6 : to make distinct especially by contrast : cause to stand out
7 : to mention repeatedly by way of reproach
intransitive verb : VOMIT
– throw up one's hands : to admit defeat <in the end throws up his hands in despair ― Frank Conroy>