threw up

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regurgitate v.
build quickly v.

VERB

regurgitate

Synonyms

WEAK

barf be nauseous be sick blow grits blow lunch bring up disgorge drive a truck gag heave hurl pray to the porcelain god puke ralph regurgitate retch spew spit up toss one's cookies upchuck urp vomit

Antonyms

WEAK

destroy raze tear down

VERB

build quickly

Synonyms

WEAK

build overnight jerrybuild knock together patch put together roughcast roughhew run up slap together throw together

Antonyms

WEAK

destroy raze tear down

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threw up

She shrugs off Maddie getting faint at dance class because she threw up her lunch.

From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026

Earlier in the day, after a ragged qualifying run, world champion Josh Charlton threw up over his team-mate's bike.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

"I felt very ill because I have asthma. I started coughing and I threw up," she told AFP at a gymnasium in the northern Madrid suburb of Alcobendas.

From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026

And yet: Once I read through those papers and learned what I learned, I set them down, walked into the bathroom, and threw up.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

You complained that your feet were huge and your fingers were swollen and you threw up a lot.

From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy