throw them bows

verb

To throw one's elbows around; to strike people with one's elbows.

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Meanings

verbthrow them bows (third-person singular simple present throws them bows, present participle throwing them bows or throwin' them bows, simple past threw them bows, past participle thrown them bows)

present singular third person throws them bows · participle present throwing them bows · participle present throwin' them bows · past threw them bows · participle past thrown them bows

  1. African-American VernacularTo throw one's elbows around; to strike people with one's elbows.

    She was smiling like a queen and dancing her ass off, moving like an exotic dancer and throwing them bows until the lights came on at one-thirty for last call.

    2004, Eric Jerome Dickey, Thieves' Paradise
    2 more examples

    Oh, how I love these pretty ass hoes Pretty ass, high class, anything goes Catch 'em in the club throwing pretty ass bows […] If you a pimp and you know you don't love them hoes When you get on the floor (nigga, throw them bows)

    2000, Ludacris, Southern Hospitality (song)

    The footage showed Solange and Jay-Z getting into an argument and then Solange getting her Houston, TX on and throwing them bows as she wildly hit and kicked him, before being separated by what appeared to be security and Beyoncé.

    2018, Abiegail Rose, The Carter Effect, pages 5–6

Origin

From a song released in 2000; see citation below.

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Chicago

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