Idioms

throw chunks

throw chunks

To vomit, especially violently or in great quantity. Everyone bought John so many drinks on his 21st birthday that he was throwing chunks before midnight. I felt like I was going to throw chunks from seasickness out on that boat.
See also: chunk, throw
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References in periodicals archive
We can't really get the sort of fish that they can get, but for things like my fish cakes, I just use a red Thai paste and you can throw chunks of any fish you want into it - salmon, mackerel, coley, anything.
Easy Eats: Throw chunks of the (skinless) rind in a blender with water-melon flesh and limejuice to make an undiluted agua fresca, says Loux.
Would you mince your words and make them better to digest, or would you throw chunks at them?
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