throw up
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see throw, upUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see throw, up.
» I feel like throwing up.
Ich könnte kotzen.
Ich glaube, ich muss mich übergeben.
Ich glaube, ich muss brechen.
Ich muss kotzen.
Меня сейчас вырвет.
Меня сейчас стошнит.
Мене зараз вирве.
Meaning
9 sensesUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see throw, up.
(ambitransitive, informal)To vomit.
The baby threw up all over my shirt.
That cat is always throwing up hairballs.
(transitive)To produce or reveal something new or unexpected.
This system has thrown up a few problems.
(transitive)To cause something such as dust or water to rise into the air.
The car wheels threw up a shower of stones.
(dated, transitive)To erect, particularly hastily.
(ambitransitive)To give up, abandon something.
оста́витьostávitʹ, бро́ситьbrósitʹ, отказа́тьсяotkazátʹsja
(transitive)To display a gang sign using the hands.
(dated, transitive)To enlarge, as a picture reflected on a screen.
(obsolete, transitive)To give special prominence to a line or lines.
- eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
Examples
221 sentencesI feel like throwing up.
Мене зараз вирве.
ruМеня сейчас вырвет.
deIch könnte kotzen.
I threw up.
Я виригав.
ruМеня вырвало.
deIch habe gekotzt.
It makes me want to throw up.
I feel like I might throw up.
ruМеня тошнит.
Tom is throwing up in the bathroom.
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
The vomit sense is a clipping of throw up one's accounts (18th century), from earlier idioThe vomit sense is a clipping of throw up one's accounts (18th century), from earlier idiom cast up one's accounts (15th century).
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Forms
throws up, throwing up, threw up, thrown upPhrasal verbs
12 phrasal verbs- throw upрвати, блюватиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see throw, up.
- throw offупустити, упускатиTo confuse; especially, to lose a pursuer.
- throw outвміти, умітиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see throw, out.
- throw inздаватися, кидатиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see throw, in.
- throw overздаватися, кидатиTo discard or give up (a plan or project, etc.).
- throw awayвикинути, викидатиTo discard (trash, garbage, or the like), to toss out, to put in the trash.
- throw asideвідмовлятися, відкидатиSynonym of discard.
- throw onTo hastily put on (clothes).
Synonyms
25 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb