throw-up

Deverbal from throw up.

throw-up (countable and uncountable, plural throw-ups)

1. Alternative spelling of throwup (“vomit”)
2. Synonym of throwie (“kind of simple graffiti”).

   Coordinate term: pasteup

   • 2011, Scape Martinez, Graff 2: Next Level Graffiti Techniques, page 124:

     There is a hierarchy of sorts: a throw-up can go over a tag, a piece over a throw-up, and a burner over a piece.

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