retch


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retch

to make efforts to vomit
Not to be confused with:
wretch – an unfortunate or unhappy person
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retch

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

[Alteration of Middle English rechen, from Old English hrǣcan, to clear the throat, spit, bring up (phlegm).]

retch n.
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retch

(rɛtʃ; riːtʃ)
vb
1. (Physiology) (intr) to undergo an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting; heave
2. (Physiology) to vomit
n
(Physiology) an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting
[Old English hrǣcan; related to Old Norse hrǣkja to spit]
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retch

(rɛtʃ)

v.i.
to make efforts to vomit.
[1540–50; variant of reach, Old English hrǣcan to clear the throat (not recorded in Middle English), derivative of hrāca a clearing of the throat; compare Old Norse hrǣkja to hawk, spit]
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retch

, wretch - Retch is the verb to vomit or gag; wretch is a noun for a pitiable person.
See also related terms for vomit.
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retch


Past participle: retched
Gerund: retching

Imperative
retch
retch
Present
I retch
you retch
he/she/it retches
we retch
you retch
they retch
Preterite
I retched
you retched
he/she/it retched
we retched
you retched
they retched
Present Continuous
I am retching
you are retching
he/she/it is retching
we are retching
you are retching
they are retching
Present Perfect
I have retched
you have retched
he/she/it has retched
we have retched
you have retched
they have retched
Past Continuous
I was retching
you were retching
he/she/it was retching
we were retching
you were retching
they were retching
Past Perfect
I had retched
you had retched
he/she/it had retched
we had retched
you had retched
they had retched
Future
I will retch
you will retch
he/she/it will retch
we will retch
you will retch
they will retch
Future Perfect
I will have retched
you will have retched
he/she/it will have retched
we will have retched
you will have retched
they will have retched
Future Continuous
I will be retching
you will be retching
he/she/it will be retching
we will be retching
you will be retching
they will be retching
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been retching
you have been retching
he/she/it has been retching
we have been retching
you have been retching
they have been retching
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been retching
you will have been retching
he/she/it will have been retching
we will have been retching
you will have been retching
they will have been retching
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been retching
you had been retching
he/she/it had been retching
we had been retching
you had been retching
they had been retching
Conditional
I would retch
you would retch
he/she/it would retch
we would retch
you would retch
they would retch
Past Conditional
I would have retched
you would have retched
he/she/it would have retched
we would have retched
you would have retched
they would have retched
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.retch - an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting; "a bad case of the heaves"
spasm - (pathology) sudden constriction of a hollow organ (as a blood vessel)
Verb1.retch - eject the contents of the stomach through the mouthretch - 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"
egest, excrete, eliminate, pass - eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone"
2.retch - make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit
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retch

verb gag, be sick, vomit, regurgitate, chuck (Austral. & N.Z. informal), throw up (informal), spew, heave, puke (slang), disgorge, barf (U.S. slang), chunder (slang, chiefly Austral.), upchuck (U.S. slang), do a technicolour yawn (slang), toss your cookies (U.S. slang) The smell made me retch.
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Translations
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retch

[retʃ] VItener arcadas
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

retch

[ˈrɛtʃ] viavoir des haut-le-cœur
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

retch

viwürgen
nWürgen nt
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retch

[rɛtʃ] viavere (dei) conati di vomito
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

retch

n. arcada, basca, contracciones abdominales espasmódicas que preceden al vómito.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

retch

vi tener arcadas (form), vomitar sin nada que expulsar
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References in classic literature ?
The morning found him still upon the field of action, but in sad and sorrowful condition; suffering the penalties of past pleasures, and calling to mind the captain's dulcet compound, with many a retch and spasm.
Mother Maudlin was a retched old witch, and Scathlock says he is yet more sure that the raven was she, because in her own form he has just seen her broiling the raven's bone by the fire, sitting "In the chimley-nuik within." While the talk went on Maid Marian had gone away.
Then I grew sick, and retched to vomit, but could not, for I had nothing in my stomach to bring up.
ugh!" (Here his Majesty retched violently.) "I never tasted but one - that rascal Hippocrates!
And when Comrade Ossipon had made out the handle of the knife he turned away from the glazed door, and retched violently.
I woke up and he breathed and said good morning and I started to retch. Then I spewed all over his bedroom at 6am.
Elsewhere, a pregnant Gemma has to quit her job because the smell of kebab meat makes her retch.
I had to vacate my lovely bedroom for her, run errands, make her tea, keep my music down, entertain all her bonkers visitors and retch empty her commode.
While your dog may feel the urge to vomit, he may not be able to successfully retch up the mass of food.
Before being discharged, however, the patient had difficulty swallowing oral medications and continued to retch. Due to the inability to take oral medications, frequent retching, and persistent severe pain, the patient was admitted to the hospital and scheduled for esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) the following day.
Synopsis: Retch Barter waits on a waterless ranch for a driller to sink his well.