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1 PHRASAL VERB When someone throws up , they vomit. [INFORMAL ] □ [V P ] She said she had thrown up after reading reports of the trial.

2 PHRASAL VERB If something throws up dust, stones, or water, when it moves or hits the ground, it causes them to rise up into the air. □ [V P n] If it had hit the Earth, it would have made a crater 100 miles across and thrown up an immense cloud of dust. [Also V n P ]

3 PHRASAL VERB To throw up a particular person or thing means to produce them or cause them to become noticeable. [mainly BRIT ] □ [V P n] The political struggle threw up a strong leader. [Also V n P ]

throw|away /θroʊ əwe I /

1 ADJ [ADJ n] A throwaway product is intended to be used only for a short time, and then to be thrown away. □  Now they are producing throwaway razors.

2 ADJ [ADJ n] If you say that someone makes a throwaway remark or gesture, you mean that they make it in a casual way, although it may be important, or have some serious or humorous effect. □  …a throwaway remark she later regretted.

throw|back /θroʊ bæk/ (throwbacks ) N‑COUNT [usu sing] If you say that something is a throwback to a former time, you mean that it is like something that existed a long time ago. □ [+ to ] The hall is a throwback to another era with its old prints and stained-glass.

thro w-in (throw-ins ) N‑COUNT When there is a throw-in in a football or rugby match, the ball is thrown back onto the field after it has been kicked off it.

thrown /θroʊ n/ Thrown is the past participle of throw .

thru' also thru Thru' is sometimes used a written abbreviation for through . [mainly AM ]

thrum /θrʌ m/ (thrums , thrumming , thrummed ) VERB When something such as a machine or engine thrums , it makes a low beating sound. □ [V ] The air-conditioner thrummed. ● N‑COUNT Thrum is also a noun. □ [+ of ] …the thrum of refrigeration motors. □  My head was going thrum thrum thrum.

thrush /θrʌ ʃ/ (thrushes )

1 N‑COUNT A thrush is a fairly small bird with a brown back and a spotted breast.

2 N‑UNCOUNT Thrush is a medical condition caused by a fungus. It most often occurs in a baby's mouth or in a woman's vagina.

thrust /θrʌ st/ (thrusts , thrusting , thrust )

1 VERB If you thrust something or someone somewhere, you push or move them there quickly with a lot of force. □ [V n prep/adv] They thrust him into the back of a jeep. ● N‑COUNT Thrust is also a noun. □  Two of the knife thrusts were fatal.

2 VERB If you thrust your way somewhere, you move there, pushing between people or things which are in your way. □ [V n prep/adv] She thrust her way into the crowd.

3 VERB If something thrusts up or out of something else, it sticks up or sticks out in a noticeable way. [LITERARY ] □ [V adv/prep] An aerial thrust up from the grass verge. □ [V adv/prep] A ray of sunlight thrust out through the clouds.

4 N‑UNCOUNT Thrust is the power or force that is required to make a vehicle move in a particular direction. □  It provides the thrust that makes the craft move forward.

5 N‑SING [adj N ] The thrust of an activity or of an idea is the main or essential things it expresses. □ [+ of ] The main thrust of the research will be the study of the early Universe and galaxy formation.

6cut and thrust → see cut

▸  thrust upon PHRASAL VERB [usu passive] If something is thrust upon you, you are forced to have it, deal with it, or experience it. □ [be V -ed P ] Why has such sadness been thrust upon us? □ [have n V -ed P n] Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.