Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

throw signs

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.47 in modern English

Syllables: throw signs
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make a gesture of group affiliation (especially with a gang) from a distance.

Example Sentences

""[…] Cause I be going around wearing red and throwing signs up.""
"Members of the Folk Nation throw their signs from the right and members of the People Nation will throw signs from the left."
"[[…]] of a thirty-year-old pro, a light-skinned brother named Malik “Chilly” Tubbs, who carried gang tattoos and would sometimes throw signs to passing cars."
"Wearing certain types of jewelry and throwing signs can lead to tragic misidentification as a gang member."

Inflected Forms

throws signs (present, singular) throwing signs (participle, present) threw signs (past) thrown signs (participle, past)

Synonyms

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Questions

What does throw signs mean?: To make a gesture of group affiliation (especially with a gang) from a distance.

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