General Definition: 1. The action of throwing something up in the air, such as a ball, or any thing or action directly or indirectly associated with this, such as the action of throwing up your hands or arms as a gesture of 'giving up'. As a Verb or Adjective: 1. To stop doing or having something. English = give up. 2. To admit that you cannot do something and stop trying to do it. English = give up. 3. To admit that you are defeated or cannot do something. English = give up, give in, surrender. Formal English = yield. 4. Especially of older people, to leave a job and usually to stop working altogether. English = retire.