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THROW UP
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
Example:
The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night
Synonyms:
vomit up; vomit; upchuck; throw up; spue; spew; sick; retch; regurgitate; regorge; purge; puke; honk; disgorge; chuck; cat; cast; be sick; barf
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "throw up" is one way to...):
egest; eliminate; excrete; pass (eliminate from the body)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
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