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retch
[ rech ]
verb (used without object)
- to make efforts to vomit.
verb (used with object)
- to vomit.
noun
- the act or an instance of retching.
retch
/ riːtʃ; rɛtʃ /
verb
- intr to undergo an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting; heave
- to vomit
noun
- an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting
Word History and Origins
Origin of retch1
Word History and Origins
Origin of retch1
Example Sentences
When she wasn’t retching, she lay her head in her boyfriend’s lap.
One man was seen retching, while others phoned loved ones and walked away.
“Pepper” follows the overlapping pursuits of a handful of pepper enthusiasts, whose interests lie in the hottest of the hots, peppers that induce sweating, crying and retching within minutes.
Sixty Nigerian dwarf goats are taking turns crashing their horns against wooden stalls while unleashing a cacophony of bleats, groans, and retching wails that make it nearly impossible to hold a conversation.
Instead she found two of her co-workers vomiting, with one retching into her bowl.
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