throw up
"throw-up" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“throw up” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see throw, up.
Corpus desk
Index EN-throw-up · throw up · English
throw up · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | throw up |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “throw up” in English
Rare enough to double-check
throw up is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for throw up in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: The vomit sense is a clipping of throw up one's accounts (18th century), from earlier idiom cast up one's accounts (15th century). The correct English form is throw up, spelled T-H-R-O-W- -U-P.
Definition
- 1Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see throw, up.
- 2To vomit.
- 3To produce or reveal something new or unexpected.
- 4To cause something such as dust or water to rise into the air.
- 5To erect, particularly hastily.
- 6To give up, abandon something.
- 7To display a gang sign using the hands.
- 8To enlarge, as a picture reflected on a screen.
- 9To give special prominence to a line or lines.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how throw up appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Away to the window I flew like a flash, Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.
The servant (who) had first entered had thrown up the window […]
Etymology
The vomit sense is a clipping of throw up one's accounts (18th century), from earlier idiom cast up one's accounts (15th century).
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.