throw salt

verb

To disparage or belittle.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

verbthrow salt (third-person singular simple present throws salt, present participle throwing salt, simple past threw salt, past participle thrown salt)

present singular third person throws salt · participle present throwing salt · past threw salt · participle past thrown salt

  1. African-American VernacularTo disparage or belittle.

    So dis mutha fucka started throwing salt on me and Roc's game. I saw the move.

    2013, Rob Walker, Black City II, page 14
    1 more example

    I bet if I told him that the same niggas he be gambling wit', be calling me and throwing salt on his ass, he'd have a damn fit!

    2008, Kiki Swinson, Wifey, page 24
Cite this entry
APA

throw salt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/throw%20salt

MLA

“throw salt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/throw%20salt. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “throw salt,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/throw%20salt.

Source: throw salt on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.