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Retch

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Noun

1. heave, retch

an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting

Example Sentences:
'a bad case of the heaves'

Verb

2. barf, be sick, cast, cat, chuck, disgorge, honk, puke, purge, regorge, regurgitate, retch, sick, spew, spue, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up

eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth

Example Sentences:
'After drinking too much, the students vomited'
'He purged continuously'
'The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night'

3. gag, heave, retch

make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Retch

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verb
1. (intransitive)
to undergo an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting; heave
2. 
to vomit
noun
3. 
an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting

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Retch

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verb intransitive
to undergo the straining action of vomiting, esp. without bringing anything up

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Retch

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v. retched, retch·ing, retch·es
v.intr.
To try to vomit.
v.tr.
To vomit.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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