Retch
21retch — retʃ v. try to vomit, make an unsuccessful effort to heave; vomit, heave …
22retch — chert …
23retch — verb make the sound and movement of vomiting. noun an instance of retching. Origin C19: var. of dialect reach, from a Gmc base meaning spittle …
24retch — v. n. Heave, strain, keck, gag, try to vomit …
25retch — verb (I) to try to vomit, or feel as if you are going to vomit when you do not: Like someone drowning, she fought for air, gasping and retching …
26retch — v gag, keck, dry heave; vomit, regurgitate, puke, throw up, Sl. frow up, heave, spit up, spew up, disgorge; be sick to one s stomach, be nauseated, nauseate, Inf. have the throw ups; be seasick, have mal de mer, turn green; All Sl. barf, upchuck …
27retch — [[t]rɛtʃ[/t]] v. i. phl to make efforts to vomit • Etymology: 1540–50; var. of reach, OE hrǣcan to clear the throat (not recorded in ME), der. of hrāca a clearing of the throat; cf. ON hrǣkja to hawk, spit …
28retch — /rɛtʃ / (say rech) verb (i) 1. to make the sound and spasmodic movement associated with the impulse to vomit. –noun 2. the act or an instance of retching. {Middle English, Old English hrǣcan clear the throat (from hrāca clearing of the throat) …
29retch — Lua i, owā, hō owā, auku u, poluwā …
30retch — The action of the stomach and esophagus to try to vomit (eject some or all of the contents of the stomach). Retching that does not cause vomiting is called dry heaves …
