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throw them bows en · VERB

Etymology

From a song released in 2000; see citation below.

Meanings

1. (qualifier:African-American Vernacular) To throw one's elbows around; to strike people with one's elbows.
   • The footage showed Solange and Jay-Z getting into an argument and then Solange getting her Houston, TX on and throwing them bows as she wildly hit and kicked him, before being separated by what appeared to be security and Beyoncé. 2018, Abiegail Rose, The Carter Effect, pages 5–6:
   • Oh, how I love these pretty ass hoes Pretty ass, high class, anything goes Catch 'em in the club throwing pretty ass bows […] If you a pimp and you know you don't love them hoes When you get on the floor (nigga, throw them bows) 2000, Ludacris, Southern Hospitality (song):
   • She was smiling like a queen and dancing her ass off, moving like an exotic dancer and throwing them bows until the lights came on at one-thirty for last call. 2004, Eric Jerome Dickey, Thieves' Paradise:

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