Meaning of throw signs | Babel Free

Definitions

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

Examples

“"[…] 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.”

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