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retch
/ɹɛt͡ʃ/
verb 4noun 1
Collocations
1VERB + RETCH
want, wanted
Definitions
verb
1
To make or experience an unsuccessful effort to vomit; to strain or spasm, as if to vomit; to gag or nearly vomit.
Here he grew inarticulate with retching.
2
To vomit; to make or experience a successful effort to vomit.
[…] in a couple of hours they were seized with violent retching; the contents of their stomachs were mixed with blood, mucus, and froth.
[…] severe, with a heavy retching; the contents of the stomach would come up rather easily at first, but as it continued the retching became more severe. By the straining to vomit, all the symptoms were […]
noun
1
An unsuccessful effort to vomit.
verb
1
To reck.
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Here he grew inarticulate with retching.
Wiktionary02
[…] in a couple of hours they were seized with violent retching; the contents of their stomachs were mixed with blood, mucus, and froth.
Wiktionary03
[…] severe, with a heavy retching; the contents of the stomach would come up rather easily at first, but as it continued the retching became more severe. By the straining to vomit, all the symptoms we
Wiktionary04
Just remembering the smell of that rotten food makes me want to retch.
Tatoeba · #892868205
Sorry for what I wrote, because I wanted to retch.
Tatoeba · #10094993Usage Notes
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