throw-up

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See also: throwup and throw up

English

Etymology

Deverbal from throw up.

Noun

throw-up (countable and uncountable, plural throw-ups)

  1. Alternative spelling of throwup (vomit)
  2. Synonym of throwie (kind of simple graffiti).
    Coordinate term: pasteup
    • 2011, Scape Martinez, Graff 2: Next Level Graffiti Techniques, page 124:
      There is a hierarchy of sorts: a throw-up can go over a tag, a piece over a throw-up, and a burner over a piece.

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