throw up

Food or liquid comes back out of your stomach through your mouth.

• I feel like I might throw up.
• She threw up after the bus ride.
• Has the baby thrown up again?

How to use it: throw up something (He threw up his breakfast.)

Similar words: vomit, be sick

Common phrases: throw up food, throw up again

Something produces or reveals new facts, problems, or possibilities.

• The test may throw up problems.
• Our research threw up several surprising facts.
• What questions has the investigation thrown up?

How to use it: throw up something (The survey threw up some unexpected results.)

Similar words: reveal, produce, bring to light

Common phrases: throw up questions, throw up problems, throw up surprises

Something makes dust, water, or small objects fly into the air.

• The wheels throw up mud.
• A passing boat threw up a wall of spray.
• Strong winds were throwing up sand along the beach.

How to use it: throw up something (The truck threw up a cloud of dust.)

Similar words: kick up, send up

Common phrases: throw up dust, throw up spray, throw up stones

Food or liquid that has come back out of someone’s stomach through their mouth.

• There was throw-up on the floor.
• The nurse cleaned the throw-up from his shirt.
• That bucket is full of throw-up.

Similar words: vomit

Common phrases: throw up everywhere, baby throw up