throw signs
English
Verb
throw signs (third-person singular simple present throws signs, present participle throwing signs, simple past threw signs, past participle thrown signs)
- To make a gesture of group affiliation (especially with a gang) from a distance.
- 1996, Scott H. Decker, Barrik Van Winkle, Life in the Gang: Family, Friends, and Violence, page 122
- " […] Cause I be going around wearing red and throwing signs up."
- 2000, Thomas Capozzoli, R. Steve McVey, Kids Killing Kids: Managing Violence and Gangs in Schools, page 77
- Members of the Folk Nation throw their signs from the right and members of the People Nation will throw signs from the left.
- 2005, F. X. Toole, Million Dollar Baby: Stories from the Corner, page 170:
- [ […] ] 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.
- 2006, G. Larry Mays, Juvenile Justice, page 308:
- Wearing certain types of jewelry and throwing signs can lead to tragic misidentification as a gang member.
- 1996, Scott H. Decker, Barrik Van Winkle, Life in the Gang: Family, Friends, and Violence, page 122
Synonyms
- flag
Anagrams
- Wrightsons, shortwings