'Retch' definitions:
Definition of 'retch'
(from WordNet)
noun
An involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting; "a bad case of the heaves" [syn: heave, retch]
verb
Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night" [syn: vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw up] [ant: keep down]
verb
Definition of 'Retch'
From: GCIDE
- Retch \Retch\, v. t. & i. [See Reck.] To care for; to heed; to reck. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Retch'
From: GCIDE
- Retch \Retch\ (r[e^]ch or r[=e]ch; 277), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Retched (r[e^]cht); p. pr. & vb. n. Retching.] [AS. hr[ae]can to clear the throat, hawk, fr. hraca throat; akin to G. rachen, and perhaps to E. rack neck.] To make an effort to vomit; to strain, as in vomiting. [Written also reach.] [1913 Webster]
- Beloved Julia, hear me still beseeching! (Here he grew inarticulate with retching.) --Byron. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'retch'
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