Meanings
plural throwups
- countableuncountableVomit.
I had to change seats because I could still smell the throwup from the passenger who sat there yesterday.
1 more example
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.
2012, Marcus Samuelsson, “One: My African Mother”, in Yes, Chef, Random House, →ISBN, page 6 - alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of throw-up (type of graffiti)
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
Deverbal from throw up.
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throwup. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/throwup
“throwup.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/throwup. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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