verb
Etymology: Middle English throwen up, from throwen to throw + up
transitive verb
1. : to raise quickly or unexpectedly
throw up the window
2. : to give up : quit , relinquish
threw up a good job to devote his whole time to art — Herbert Read
throw the whole thing up and do exactly what he wanted to do — Mary Deasy
3. : to build in or as if in a hurried manner : construct hastily
makeshift dwellings … were thrown up almost overnight — American Guide Series: New York City
a breastwork was thrown up around the outskirts — American Guide Series: Minnesota
4. : vomit
if they are swallowed whole they may be thrown up — H.H.Miller
5. : to bring forth : produce
proves that Parliament can throw up leaders — Ernest Barker
all the voluminous information thrown up by successive … investigations — S.F.Bemis
6. : to make prominent or distinct especially by contrast : cause to stand out
white and yellow … help to throw up the other colors in the garden — Stuart Ogg
7. : to mention repeatedly by way of reproach
don't want that thrown up to me when I'm old and gray — Hamilton Basso
intransitive verb
1. : vomit
it was pretty hot … and she got sick and threw up — Don Ludlow
2. of a hound : to raise the head on losing the scent
• throw up one's hands : to admit defeat
the average conductor, faced with such a score, throws up his hands — Deems Taylor