"throw salt" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: throws salt [present, singular, third-person], throwing salt [participle, present], threw salt [past], thrown salt [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|throw<,,threw,thrown> salt}} throw salt (third-person singular simple present throws salt, present participle throwing salt, simple past threw salt, past participle thrown salt)
  1. (African-American Vernacular) To disparage or belittle.
    Sense id: en-throw_salt-en-verb-uAVEVTlC Categories (other): African-American Vernacular English, English entries with incorrect language header

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          "ref": "2008, Kiki Swinson, Wifey, page 24",
          "text": "I bet if I told him that the same niggas he be gambling wit', be calling me and throwing salt on his ass, he'd have a damn fit!",
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